Email is easy, cheap, and flexible.((Header image provided by Proton.)) Those factors make it a persuasive default for how coordination happens in knowledge work.
The only problem is that these same factors sometimes make email even more a liability than it is an asset. But the fact that email creates such liabilities doesn’t mean there aren’t clear ways to reduce them.
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Email is a deeply entrenched protocol within biblical studies. Partly for that reason, it presents a constant choice of which problem with it is better.
Biblical studies isn’t a matter of “(s)he who writes the most email wins.” But that obvious truth that can still get obscured all too easily.
For all its benefits, email presents definite challenges. But those challenges are mainly ones of degree rather than kind.
Email can be a useful tool, and sometimes a necessary one. But you need to be careful with using it so you don’t end up being used by it.
Citation managers like Zotero can simplify how you reference series. But what a citation manager puts out is only as good as what you put into it.
Microsoft Word’s language list can be helpful for multilingual documents. A few simple steps will set it right again if it gets messy.
Zotero can do a lot of work, including giving your citations the proper case. With non-English sources, two features are especially helpful.
Dark mode isn’t magic. But if you find it helpful like I do, then you can enable it in Zotero in either of two ways.
Sometimes, even just what’s important can be too much. When it is, these 4 strategies can particularly help you cope.
The term “evangelical” has varied and sometimes conflicting definitions. Add your voice to the discussion in a new research initiative.
Biblical studies software can be a helpful tool鈥攕ometimes too helpful. Here are 5聽steps to help you read original languages in Logos without cheating.
SBL style has a specific way to cite individually paginated articles from electronic journals. But Zotero can handle those citations too.
The sooner something matters, the greater its urgency. The greater the urgency, the more whatever situation will press upon you.
Deciding what gets priority can be tricky. But a classic decision matrix can bring clarity and guide the kinds of actions you take.
If you never make time for your research, your project will go nowhere. But making time starts with deciding when you won’t do research.
Being good at taking time away is part of the craft of biblical scholarship. With 8 steps, you can take this time better and enjoy it more.
Human bodies differ, as do their adaptations for reading. But they’re also similar. So, what’s helped me might spark your imagination too.
Reading is a task for the whole body. And the discipline of “ergonomics” can help you improve how you read.
The body’s influence on reading isn’t an excuse for inattention to ourselves or criticism of others. It’s a basis for learning to read better.
The body shapes interpretation and, therefore, reading as an interpretive act. But that’s no excuse for “Bulverizing” dismissal of others.
Your body can pose challenges to your reading efforts. But addressing those challenges are precisely part of how your body enables reading.
Biblical studies isn’t jurisprudence. But both are thoroughly interpretive. So, you need to watch for where you’re being a “hungry judge.”
Forgetting the reading body can have a kind of utility to it. Despite this fact, that forgetfulness remains problematic and needs a solution.
You can’t read independently of your body. But for three reasons, reading bodies often get forgotten in thinking about the task of reading.
Biblical scholarship often considers reading as a mental activity. It’s about understanding texts. But in reading the whole body is critical.
SBL style’s citation formats are sometimes challenging to accommodate. But Zotero can handle even cases like serialized journal articles.
Usually, journal articles are fairly brief. But when they’re long enough to serialize, citing them in SBL style involves some challenges.
Microsoft Word’s automatic language detection can seriously mess up the placement of diacritics. So, it’s a feature that’s best avoided.