Comments on: 4. Media Trends and the Future of Biblical Scholarship http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/technology-and-the-future-of-biblical-scholarship/ Biblical Studies, Exegesis, Theology, etc. by Josh Mann Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh Mann http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/technology-and-the-future-of-biblical-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Josh Mann Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:53:50 +0000 http://www.sakeoftruth.com/?p=880#comment-648 I'm suggesting that the ability to search large portions of text with a computer may hinder the depth with which we know and handle primary sources (including the biblical text). I welcome advances in technology and I will utilize many products of such advancement! At the same time, I refuse to let Google or Bible software programs digest all the information for me. I’m suggesting that the ability to search large portions of text with a computer may hinder the depth with which we know and handle primary sources (including the biblical text). I welcome advances in technology and I will utilize many products of such advancement! At the same time, I refuse to let Google or Bible software programs digest all the information for me.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/technology-and-the-future-of-biblical-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Andrew Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:47 +0000 http://www.sakeoftruth.com/?p=880#comment-646 You said: "Advances in technology can become crutches which lead to the atrophy of intellectual muscle. There is something the old school possessed without fancy Bible software and Google." Are you proposing a more traditional study method...like (actual) concordance and book study? How would that work in an age where the questions are more broad across books or less easy to find in the texts available? You said: “Advances in technology can become crutches which lead to the atrophy of intellectual muscle. There is something the old school possessed without fancy Bible software and Google.”

Are you proposing a more traditional study method…like (actual) concordance and book study? How would that work in an age where the questions are more broad across books or less easy to find in the texts available?

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