What I Do

Enough people have asked about my studies that I'm beginning to think it's more than mere politeness! So here are some bits about my life as a PhD student. Regarding routine, I try to keep things quite regimented. At least 8 hours a day are spent in the library. The basic breakdown is like this: 1 hour doing Hebrew reading, 3 hours doing research--lunch break--1 hour doing German, 2.5 hours researching, and some more Hebrew to finish the day.

Concerning the research itself, I'm looking at remembrance in Deuteronomy. You will see by looking at Deuteronomy that remembering has a lot to do with how the people behave. In fact, the books following Deuteronomy record the distaster of when the people don't remember the Lord and his ways. So, anywho, right now I'm studying exactly what 'remember' in Hebrew means. The tool I'm using for this is modern linguistics. People often want to know why I don't 'just study the Bible and not mess with frilly-dilly ideas such as linguistics.' A fair question. The simple truth is this: Linguistics is the study of human language. The Bible is written in human language. Therefore, linguistics can greatly aid our interpretation of the Bible. Anywho, that's a little about my studies.

Here's where AJ sits! (posted by Andrea)

If you're sneaky enough...you can hide behind bookshelves and scare Mr. AJ!