Dirk Jongkind

I’ve been reading this slowly—one each Sunday. They provide wonderfully incisive & penetrating questions about motives while also holding forth encouragement & hope for the result of our work. These are devotions not only for theological academics, but any Christian academic

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@brandon_d_smith @sccarlson @mbird12 "I felt satisfied ..." And so you should! Congrats.

@DJngKnd @sccarlson @mbird12 I felt satisfied knowing three examiners graded entirely on the work in-hand. I couldn’t rely on an oral defense to shore up something I left out, etc.

In the Australian system where I completed my PhD in 2020, you have a village of people assisting you at various stages. Feeling grateful this morning for all those who helped me survive: - @mbird12, supervisor, who pushed me, encouraged me, and trolled me relentlessly - @ScottHarro78904, second supervisor, who always had a timely book recommendation - Lewis Ayres, external reader, who gave me copious amounts of feedback and wrote the generous foreword to the published version - @PLeithart, external reader, who pushed me to write more constructively and less defensively - David Starling, external reader, who gave keen feedback on especially NT portions - @sccarlson, who helped shape the first outline during my confirmation of candidature - Alan Thompson, who recommended I pursue a PhD upon passing my entry thesis Me at the end:

@sccarlson @brandon_d_smith @mbird12 But passing your viva is more satisfying in the British than the Australian system; the challenge, the dynamics of a testing conversation, the opportunity to throw everything and the kitchen sink at a candidate and see them rise to the occasion.

@brandon_d_smith @mbird12 Compared to the American system, the Australian system is better at getting more scholars to read your work earlier in the process. I think it results in a better product. I'm glad to contribute my little bit.

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Tyndale Bulletin articles published in 2025 / volume 76 (links in following thread; all open access):

"The author is particularly concerned to encourage academics to read Scripture with the same rigour used in their academic disciplines."🔎 📚 @JohnDavidWoods1 reviews Growing in Understanding by Dirk Jongkind: e-n.org.uk/reviews/2025-1…

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@sccarlson @Ben_Castaneda1 Agree with both parts of the sentence

@Ben_Castaneda1 Dutch Radical Scholarship has always been a guilty pleasure for me but it's completely untenable.

Sparks flying at #AARSBL25! Book review panel on Nina Livesey's claim that the NT Paul is a creation of the second-century Marcionite school.

Published a piece on universities and AI (particularly in application to Oxford) in last week's Oxford Magazine.

Context is everything and I am so grateful for the kind comments and encouragement of the Rev Christopher Ash.

Is it a compliment if someone says about the devotions I published that they are 'unusual'? "I have greatly enjoyed these unusual and spiritually perceptive devotions for Christian academics. These short chapters are deeply rooted in the careful reading of Scripture and earthed in the author's commitment to encouraging faithfulness in believers ..."

A joy to be @Tyndale_House yesterday seeing Dirk Jongkind launch ‘Growing in Understanding’, new from @IVPbookcentre Warm introduction and prayer from @drtonywatkins and @DrPJWilliams Praying for this book to spark a devotional revival in the lives of Christian scholars*

Not sure about this, but worth pondering: "Spontaneous retrieval of knowledge is what makes or breaks the impression of an accomplished scholar." (Amsler 2023, Talmud and Book Culture, 60)

I like it when someone says the obvious on the (chronological) dating of John (and gives me a name drop in the process 😀). The Pre-70 CE Dating of the Gospel of John: ‘There is (ἔστιν) in Jerusalem … ’ New Testament Studies bit.ly/3Ujd2KA

The OED gives 2 possible pronunciations for Am. English (emphasis on 1st or 2nd syllable). Brit. English has the stress on the 1st, with the note, “New English Dictionary (OED first edition) (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mădʒɒ·skiul) /məˈdʒʌskjul/” allowing both variants.

Working on a glossary for textual criticism of the NT: Majuscule1. The Greek script in which all letters are written in capitals. 2. By extension a majuscule can refer to a manuscript written in majuscules.