Top 100 Theology Blogs

Jessica Merritt has prepared a list of the top 100 Theology Blogs for students of Christian colleges. She said that this list is a selection of top notch theology blogs that will help students gain a better and deeper understanding of religious studies.

Merritt divides her list into eight categories: General Theology, Criticism, Politics, History, Academic, Clergy, Society & Culture, and Writings.

My blog was one of those 100 blogs selected for the list. As I have written before, the purpose of my blog is to help pastors, students, and other Christians who love the Lord and want to develop a better understanding of the Old Testament.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

You can find the list of the Top 100 Theology Blogs here.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Blog,Blogging

A Busy Summer

Last week I took a few days off from blogging in order to finish some writing assignments that were pressing on me. For the past several days I have been working on writing an introduction to the books of Joel and Jonah for the People's Bible, a study Bible to be published by Fortress Press. I finished writing the two introductions and submitted the manuscripts to the editors. I also finished writing my last article for the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. In total, I have written more than thirty articles for the NIDB.

I still have several projects to finish before I take a brief vacation and before I begin classes in September. My wife and I are celebrating our fortieth anniversary in October. To celebrate our anniversary, we will take time off to travel to a place we have never been before. This means that soon I will be taking some time off again from blogging.

This has been a very busy summer. My work on the Self-Study here at the seminary was very time-consuming. I had planned to read several new books and write two articles. However, time did not allow me to read and write as much as I had planned to, but I am satisfied with what I have accomplished.

In the next few days I will write two posts on inconsistencies in the NIV and how it may affect the work of pastors.

Enjoy the rest of your summer.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Blog, Blogging

Stealing Your Blog

Do you know that some people may be stealing what you write and making money with the content of your blog? This is happening every day. As Elinor Mills wrote:

This is automated digital plagiarism in which software bots can copy thousands of blog posts per hour and publish them verbatim onto Web sites on which contextual ads next to them can generate money for the site owner.

Do you want to know more?

Read: Please don't steal this Web content.

Read also: Finding Stolen Content and Copyright Infringements


Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Blog, Blogging, Plagiarism