Comments on: BCT 15

By: Judy Redman

Judy Redman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:55:16 +0000

Yeah, well maybe it depends on what you went for. I went for the opportunity to listen to papers and talk about them with people for whom I didn’t need to provide a 10 minute background statement before I say what I wanted to say. That’s what I got and it was great. Maybe Roland was looking for something different? :-) (I really enjoyed your paper, Simon – I now see the Psalm in a new light, too – but I am a biblical scholar, so the lack of critical theory wasn’t a problem for me.)

By: Michael Carden

Michael Carden — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:18:24 +0000

I’ve just discovered you have a blog which I will add to my blogroll once I’ve finished my post on the seminar. I thoroughly enjoyed the Seminar but Roland seemed to have noticed much more than I did too. Putting me to shame, too, as I thought I was the resident sexuality person :)

By: Simon Holloway

Simon Holloway — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:01:36 +0000

You are most welcome, even though I’m not exactly sure how much of that was a compliment! Ha! Not to worry: I was acutely aware of the absence of critical theory from my paper, and do suspect that I (and those whose papers, in contrast, contained nothing about the Bible) needed a good rap on the knuckles. Roland is decidedly too lenient, although I shall bear it in mind for the next one, at which I likewise hope to present.

Statistics are a necessary evil with what I do. Not too many in my paper though, I hope? I think that they are useful when they are stark (eg: 87 active uses of that particular verb with a direct object, compared to only one without), but irritating otherwise. And I thoroughly agreed with James’ point that the Bible is an ideologically-defined corpus, and that this fact is rarely taken into account when tabulating.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:59:33 +0000

Hi! It is interesting, no? how different people can view the “same” event in different ways?! I also jsut wanted to say that my comment on Roland’s page – about word statistics papers – although WAS directed at your paper (coming as it did just after James’ one), BUT I still thought you had some interesting points and made me re-look at a Psalm that has always puzzled me – so thank you for that!! BTW, the nightclub was downstairs, in the same room where the Conf was held!! Funny eh – by 11pm it was pumping!!! You should have stayed!!