Daniel Charles Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Charles Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Graduate University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5503-7706 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Expanding the World of Biblical Studies to Scholars Who Are Blind
Until 2016, braille readers had little or no access to ancient languages beyond Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Thus access to the study of ancient languages was difficult for blind students who needed braille texts. This article describes the history that led to the development of a braille system to represent the Coptic language. It also discusses the process of implementing the Coptic braille system in the translation of a textbook from print to bra…
John of Patmos and the Appeal of an Exotic Apocalypse
This article situates John of Patmos, the author of the New Testament Apocalypse of John, as an exotic ritual expert within the religious landscape of the Roman East. Through comparison with local ritual specialists of the Egyptian gods Isis and Sarapis, I argue that John similarly deploys his own culturally constructed and imperially mediated foreignness to demonstrate the exotic appeal of his Judean God among the assemblies in the cities of wes…
The Good Life in the Old Testament – By R. Norman Whybray
Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity
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The Good Life in the Old Testament – By R. Norman Whybray
Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity
John of Patmos and the Appeal of an Exotic Apocalypse
This article situates John of Patmos, the author of the New Testament Apocalypse of John, as an exotic ritual expert within the religious landscape of the Roman East. Through comparison with local ritual specialists of the Egyptian gods Isis and Sarapis, I argue that John similarly deploys his own culturally constructed and imperially mediated foreignness to demonstrate the exotic appeal of his Judean God among the assemblies in the cities of wes…
Expanding the World of Biblical Studies to Scholars Who Are Blind
Until 2016, braille readers had little or no access to ancient languages beyond Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Thus access to the study of ancient languages was difficult for blind students who needed braille texts. This article describes the history that led to the development of a braille system to represent the Coptic language. It also discusses the process of implementing the Coptic braille system in the translation of a textbook from print to bra…
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