WOMEN IN JUDAISM: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL is an academic, refereed journal published exclusively on the Internet, and devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism. The ultimate aim of the journal is to promote the reconceptualization of the study of Judaism, by acknowledging and incorporating the roles played by women, and by encouraging the development of alternative research paradigms. Cross-methodological and interdisciplinary, the journal does not promote a fixed ideology, and welcomes a variety of approaches.
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Tyndale House Cambridge Launches Beta-version of Scripture Tools for Every Person (STEP), a new free Bible study resource.
24 July 2013, CAMBRIDGE, UK
Today the STEP development team of Tyndale House Cambridge launched the Beta-test version of a new free Bible study resource at www.StepBible.org.
STEP software is designed especially for
teachers and preachers who don’t have access to resources such as
Tyndale House Library, which specialises in the biblical text,
interpretation, languages and biblical historical background and is a
leading research institution for Biblical Studies.
The web-based program, which will soon
also be downloadable for PCs and Macs, will aid users who lack
resources, or who have to rely only on smartphones or outmoded
computers.
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About STEP
The project began when STEP director Dr David Instone-Brewer created the Tyndale Toolbar
for his own use. It became popular among researchers at Tyndale House
and is now used by thousands of people across the globe. The Beta launch
of STEP invites users to try out the new tools and give suggestions for
improvement.
"STEP represents the most comprehensive
yet user friendly tool for Bible Study I have seen in over 35 years of
research," said Dr Wesley B. Rose. Tim Bulkeley, a contributor to the
project, said "I wish I was just starting to teach in Kinshasa now, with
STEP and a smart phone. Students would find learning Hebrew and Greek,
to read the Bible directly, so much easier."
Almost a hundred volunteers worldwide have
contributed to this work, including 75 who helped to align the ESV,
used with the kind permission of Crossway,
with the underlying Greek and Hebrew. All their work will now be freely
available for other software projects. There are many exciting features
in the pipeline for others to get involved with.
Try it out at www.StepBible.org.
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Further information
The special problems of the Majority World
have inspired some unique technical solutions. The whole
database-driven program is designed to be downloaded onto computers as
diverse as decade-old desktops and Android phones. This download, which
is still being tested, enables it to continue working when internet
access goes down.
Ten language interfaces are available and
another 83 are ready for volunteers to work on. Bibles in many languages
are already present and agreements are in place with the United Bible
Societies and other organisations to add hundreds more. Someone using a
Swahili browser can see buttons, menus and Bibles in their own
mother-tongue.
Some of the features are unavailable on
any other software, and the ease of use belies its extraordinary
complexity. Even in Basic View you can get answers to questions like:
Which other verses use the same original word found here? This works for
every Bible in all the available languages without requiring knowledge
of any Hebrew or Greek. In Advanced View one can see multiple
interlinear texts with word-by-word alignment in English, Chinese,
Hebrew and other languages. Information about grammar and dictionaries
is also given at three levels so that someone wanting quick information
isn't overloaded with the complex details, which are also available.
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Monuments of the Hittites is an experimental site prepared totally as a hobby. My aim is to build a page with references to all major Hittite monuments. The locations listed below are the sites that has one or more monument belonging to the times of Hittite civilization. The text list below divides the sites in to two groups by date. This is definetely not a complete list, nor the listed sites may have complete information. Some pages are still missing information or images. I will continue to update the pages with more information.
This searchable file of personal names derives from cuneiform texts chiefly dating to the reigns of the last three kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon, 1683-1595 B.C. Version 3 indexes 14,315 unique attestations of personal names from almost 3,000 texts, including 4,678 entries from around 700 unpublished texts.
