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To join PRCL-L ("Preaching the
Revised Common Lectionary"), send the command "SUBSCRIBE PRCL-L Your
Name" [no quotations marks - substitute your own name for "Your
Name"] to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU
. (My personal favorite.) |
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The Desperate
Preacher's Site hosts web-based discussion, conveniently divided
into weekly discussion topics. |
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Midrash is a moderated discussion list
of each Sunday's RCL texts, sponsored by Wood Lake Books. Subscribe by
following the "Free Stuff"
links at Wood Lake's Homepage. |
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Preach mailing list, a list which
focuses on preaching within the context of public life. Click "Preach text
study" at the website of the Online
Journal for Public Theology. |
| Lection-List: This group provides a place for
interested people to comment on the readings from the coming weeks Revised
Common Lectionary. List membership is invited from all denominations and none
and from all countries. The aim of the group is to provide mutual help in
understanding the words of the Bible. To subscribe, send a blank email to
lectionarylist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. |
| GOSPELVIEW
restricts its discussion to each week's Episcopal gospel text. Subscription
address:
GOSPELVIEW-SUBSCRIBE@YAHOOGROUPS.COM. |
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Unlike most English-language discussion
groups, Preaching
the Word is primarily for Christians in Australia, NZ and South East
Asia, and finds focus in issues which may especially concern people in these
areas. |
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Subscribe to Propertalk (emphasis on
Episcopal RCL) by sending a blank email to propertalk-subscribe@list.stsams.org
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Information about Sermonshop,
a forum conveniently divided into weekly discussions can be found at Ecunet.
(sponsored by Presbyterian Church USA) |
| ACTS-L
is a low-traffic academic discussion of the Book of Acts. Their homepage
includes course syllabi, archives, articles, and subscription information.
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| The Oriental Institute in Chicago hosts ANE -- a discussion list
for the study of the Ancient Near East. Check out the Oriental Institutes
Electronic Resources or search ANE's archives at this site. You
can also search the archives of many ANE-related lists at one time at the Ancient Mediterranean E-Mail Archives.
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| The B-Greek
Homepage includes searchable
archives, and instructions
for joining this moderated online discussion of Biblical Greek. You'll find an interesting
combination of accomplished scholars and beginners here, discussing both academic and
theological issues involving Biblical Greek. Try searching the archives for Greek words
(transliteration scheme is on the homepage) or for particular verses, books, or topics.
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| B-Hebrew is dedicated to the
scholarly study of the Hebrew Old Testament. Send a SUBSCRIBE B-HEBREW command to majordomo@virginia.edu
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| Corpus Paulinum - a
moderated list dedicated to the scholarly discussion the Pauline corpus and critical
questions surrounding the life, influence, teaching, theology and writings of the Apostle
Paul. Subscription information, archives, and web resources are found on the list's home
page.
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| Graphai is
a restricted-membership list, sponsored by the Society
of Biblical Literature, and is intended for the use of graduate students and scholars in
New Testament. Check out their searchable archives
for some interesting discussion of current issues in New Testament studies.
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| The G-Thomas
list is " dedicated to the scholarly discussion of the Gospel of Thomas
and provides an online forum for those working or interested in New
Testament, History, or Religious Studies." Public archives can be found
at their home page.
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| The Ioudaios-L list discusses Judaism
in the Greco-Roman period from an academic "religious studies" perspective. You
can follow along with their current discussions,
or take a look at their (unfortunately not-searchable) archives.
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| Johannine
Literature is a restricted-membership, moderated list for the
discussion of the academic study of the Fourth Gospel and the Letters of
John. The
Gospel of John list, also moderated by Felix Just, is an open forum
for the discussion of religious and spiritual applications of John's Gospel.
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| Kata
Markon is a moderated, academic e-list dedicated to scholarly
discussion and evaluation of critical questions surrounding the Gospel
according to Mark.
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| The folks at
Liturgy-L focus
their discussions on the academic study of historical and contemporary
liturgy. This group is ecumenical and international.
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| The Orion
Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature at Hebrew
University's Institute of Jewish Studies sponsors Orion e-mail
discussion list for those interested in the Dead Seas Scrolls and
literature/archaeology related to the second temple period.
Check out the great resources
and educational material
about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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| The Revelation
Studies Mailing List is for scholars and serious students of the
book of Revelation. Public archives are available at the homepage.
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| The Synoptic-L Homepage
(Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham) includes information about the Synoptic-L
mailing list, searchable archives,
and on-line resources
for the academic study of synoptic gospels issues.
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| TC-List discusses
Biblical textual criticism. Read their online journals, check
out their textual-criticism related links (including photos of
many biblical manuscript pages), or search their archives.
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