Author Archives: jacobcerone

A Hermeneutical Quandary

Posted on September 6, 2012 by jacobcerone

Over the past few weeks I have had the privilege of participating in my first doctoral seminar. The text we have been discussing is Dr. Köstenberger’s Invitation to Biblical Interpretation. Dr. Köstenberger argues that the three operative principles that should … Continue reading →

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Struggling to Remain Disciplined

Posted on August 2, 2012 by jacobcerone

Yesterday I went up to Southeastern’s library in order to put the finishing touches on my Annotated Bibliography.  While I wouldn’t say that intellectual rigor was necessary for this project, discipline certainly was.  Day in and day out I read … Continue reading →

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Watchdog: Jazz Needs a Boost

Posted on July 25, 2012 by jacobcerone
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Bibliographical Research: A Brief Update (07-07-12)

Posted on July 7, 2012 by jacobcerone

Over the past ten days I have been hard at work developing an annotated bibliography.  This assignment does not require me to read all the resources I annotate.  Instead, I am required to get a general sense of the material, … Continue reading →

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Life As I Knew it and What it has Become

Posted on July 2, 2012 by jacobcerone

Life as I knew it over the past year was filled with work.  I woke up at 8:00, showed up to work at 9:00, took an hour lunch, and drove home at 6:00, got home for dinner around 6:45-7:00.  A … Continue reading →

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Olofsson on Religious Background of LXX

Posted on July 2, 2012 by jacobcerone

I came across this very interesting quote from Staffan Olofsson.  At first read I was both taken aback and defensive, but considering that all translation is interpretation, this is, to a certain degree, true. As a consequence, the LXX is, … Continue reading →

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SEBTS Library

Posted on June 30, 2012 by jacobcerone

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s library does a lot of good things. Sure, it is moderately frustrating that the only have two volumes of the Scandinavian Journal for OT Studies, and sure, they don’t have the journal De Septuaginta (which, as … Continue reading →

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Literal and Free Translations

Posted on June 29, 2012 by jacobcerone

If you have encountered the Septuagint in any formal capacity you are taught to notice whether the translator handles the Hebrew original in a literal or free manner.  Benjamin G. Wright in his article, “The Quantitative Representation of Elements: Evaluating … Continue reading →

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Do I Really Need To Say Anything About This?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jacobcerone

[I obtained this link via http://twentytwowords.com/%5D This is what happens when an individual’s special interest becomes the main attraction at Church.  Scripture is isolated and forced to bear a weight that it cannot sustain.

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Translators as Storytellers

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jacobcerone

As many of you know, I have started my Th.M program studying the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament).  My initial thought for a thesis is to explore the literary alterations/retelling of the book of Jonah that take … Continue reading →

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