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Daily Gleanings about what’s available through the British Library’s “Discovering Sacred Texts” web portal.

Freedom is a powerful tool. It allows us to set priorities for our time ahead of time when we’re thinking clearly about what’s most important.

Daily Gleanings about Edwin Abbott’s “Johannine Grammar.”

Daily Gleanings about transportation networks in the Roman World of the 3rd century.

Daily Gleanings about getting started with case frame analysis.

Daily Gleanings about “Reading Revelation in Context: John’s Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism.”

Daily Gleanings from Michael Kruger about arguments against the possibility of miraculous events based on probability.

Zotero makes it very easy to edit notes beyond what a particular citation style allows. Unediting notes is also simple but less immediately clear.

Daily Gleanings from Peter Gurry about textual criticism and preferences regarding explanations from intentional and unintentional changes.

Daily Gleanings about overcoming feelings of overwhelm.

Daily Gleanings about newly digitized fragments of MS 967 containing Greek text of Ezekiel.

Daily Gleanings about the Monastic Manuscript Project.

Daily Gleanings about Ziony Zevit’s edited volume, “Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible” and Jacques van Ruiten’s review.

Anthony Le Donne provides several pro tips for busy writers in biblical studies. Anthony stresses self-awareness and prioritizing your dissertation.

Daily Gleanings about Sarah Casson’s “Textual Signposts in the Argument of Romans: A Relevance-Theory Approach.”

Daily Gleanings about open access photographic resources from Carl Rasmussen and Jesse Gavin.

Daily Gleanings from Freedom about how to focus your attention better when studying.

Daily Gleanings about Martha as an interpolation in John’s gospel.

Jason Maston provides several pro tips for busy writers in biblical studies. Jason stresses working on projects that matter to you in your specific context.

Daily Gleanings about academic job hunting and finding your place in the higher education landscape.

Daily Gleanings about Nir Eyal’s discussion about how to improve focus and become “indistractable.”

Daily Gleanings about how to get the 21-volume “Assyrian Dictionary” via open access from the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute.

Daily Gleanings about how best to minimize the footprint doing email has in your days.

Daily Gleanings about “The Article in Post-classical Greek.”

Daily Gleanings about the return of app blocking to Freedom for iOS.

Daily Gleanings about Origen’s position on Paul’s authorship of Hebrews and the importance of reading primary literature.

Daily Gleanings about a new open-access monograph series from the Council for British Research in the Levant.

Daily Gleanings from Michael Kruger about evidence for the importance of written gospel texts to the Apostolic Fathers.

Daily Gleanings about the importance of focus for productivity and a case study in thinking about productivity in the context of full-time church work.

Daily Gleanings about the importance of community for enabling productivity in settings and times where you feel like you’re under pressure.