tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post1760486022533338076..comments2023-10-12T14:09:33.965-07:00Comments on The Biblia Hebraica Blog: Shift: Back to Square OneDouglas Mangumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-73334671222477415252010-08-07T14:49:12.650-07:002010-08-07T14:49:12.650-07:00Doug, here's some consolation on the frustrati...Doug, here's some consolation on the frustrating--and fruitful--endless task of digging:<br /><br />http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n11/keith-thomas/diarySeth Sandershttp://servingtheword.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-74528386823597637502010-08-02T10:53:29.493-07:002010-08-02T10:53:29.493-07:00Hmm, I'm not sure I'd go that far, usually...Hmm, I'm not sure I'd go that far, usually an afternoon in a good database and library would provide a strong indication. It's usually not necessary to actually read much except the titles, though a recent Noddy Guide can be really helpful, and may even suggest a topic. <br /><br />But having said that, there is usually quite a peroiod near the start when a candidate is looking around or exploring a bigger topic looking for their particular approach or slant...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-80323257616732974292010-08-01T14:35:15.804-07:002010-08-01T14:35:15.804-07:00Tim, I know it's more of a "both and"...Tim, I know it's more of a "both and" experience. I'm frustrated with the fact that one practically has to become an expert on a topic just to see if it has any new slants available for a thesis.Douglas Mangumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-84254013737161772032010-08-01T12:18:32.589-07:002010-08-01T12:18:32.589-07:00I can't really comment on the thesis topic as ...I can't really comment on the thesis topic as I'm only just starting to get into Isaiah, though there is a lot written on creation is II Is, so you'd need a new "slant" on the topic...<br /><br />On PhD work being "self-guided": Likme so many other things it's "both and". In writing a PhD you are staking a claim to be a world class expert in a small field, your supervisor (advisor in the USA?) is probably not an expert in that field, but should be in the field of research in the discipline. So if your topic is creation in second Isaiah then they will probably not be experts and so thoroughly up with the literature on that, but they should be able to help orient you through the process and avoid some of the pitfalls... A bit like a counsellor not having to have had depression, but being a good counsellor ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-19535463595518234422010-07-31T10:21:37.298-07:002010-07-31T10:21:37.298-07:00Hi Doug - is there anything new under the sun, as ...Hi Doug - is there anything new under the sun, as Dr Seuss would say. The unity of creation and redemption sounds like a great topic to me - but I am not looking for original research or a doctorate- my background is 45 years of information technology and application development - so lots to do with words and definitions for computers. What is 'new' in our field (my role is director of research - so finding a new niche is key) is equally hard to define. But what you do will be new because it is from you.<br /><br />Has anyone ever written on the one day of creation (Gen 2:4)? Please excuse the non-scholarly suggestion - George's Herbert's poem Easter - I got me flowers. The fourth verse is about that day<br /><br />Can there be any day but this,<br />Though many suns to shine endeavour?<br />We count three hundred, but we miss:<br />There is but one, and that one ever.<br /><br />I think the perception of Herbert by the authors of Genesis and deutero-Isaiah might make an interesting thesis - proleptic time-travel. And throw in the 24 hours of John too. Maybe the field is more literature than Biblical Studies. <br /><br />I hope you find a good topic.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com