Hi folks.

I'm back from ETS / SBL. I'm not going to post a blow-by-blow account, though. I got back to Bellingham at about 4:30 in the morning after several delays on the way due to storms in Texas.

A few notes, though.

I got to meet Eric Sowell, of Coding Humanist fame. With the advent of the NET GEMS, and with Logos' own foray into Greek Syntax (we announced at SBL and have some prototypes up and functional, but have no links public as of yet) it was good to talk with Eric a bit about syntax and compare and contrast both of the approaches. Bottom Line: I think the Bible Software community is going to have some good options available in the area of Greek NT Syntax in the very near future — and that's good news for everybody.

Now, with all of that said, here's a list of the books I bought at SBL. I'm actually rather amazed at the discipline I exercised; I could've easily bought more:

• Culy, Martin M. I, II, III John: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Baylor University Press.
• Parsons, Mikeal C. and Martin M. Culy. Acts: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Baylor University Press.
• Williams, P.J., et. al., editors. The New Testament in its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on his 65th Birthday. Eerdmans.
• Donaldson, Amy M. and Timothy B. Sailors, editors. New Testament Greek and Exegesis: Essays in honor of Gerald F. Hawthorne. Eerdmans.
• Young, Richard A. Intermediate New Testament Greek: A Linguistic and Exegetical Approach. Broadman & Holman.
• Porter, Stanley, editor. Handbook to Exegesis of the Greek New Testament. Brill Academic Publishers. Yes, this is available in LDLS format, but Brill had hardcopies for $30.00 and I couldn't resist. They're normally 4x that amount.

I also received a copy of Goodrich & Lukaszewski's A Reader's Greek New Testament. I am privileged to count one of the editors — Al Lukaszewski — as a friend of mine, and he was kind enough to give me a copy of the work. I look forward to using it in my on-going effort to improve my Greek reading skills.

This, combined with an earlier purchase of The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Historical & Practical Perspectives : Essays in Honor of Roger R. Nicole (one of the editors, Dr. Charles Hill, was my Greek prof.) will make for a mass-o-readin' that I'll need to work through before I splurge on more titles.

Though I won't bore you with the list of people; I was able to meet and talk with a number of folks about Bible study, research, and the use of software in one's study/research. In my time in the booth I was able to speak with folks about Logos and the resources and functionality we make available. I was also able to go to a number of papers. I'd like to express my appreciation and thanks for the SBL's Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics seminar and also the New Testament Textual Criticism seminar; there is some fascinating work going on in both of these groups and it was exciting to be able to sit in the presentations that these groups made.

And, with that, I'll end my SBL bloggin'. I'll get back onto other more regular topics shortly. And, if you're in the states — Happy Thanksgiving!