I document some of my interests in academia, few of my publications, and some topics related to the New Testament, early Christianity, and patristic theology!
After talking with close friends, academic mentors, and other scholars in the field, I attempted to compile a quasi-“best practices” to undergird my Early Christian discipline and language acquisition. Some of what follows is a result of these conversations.
It is sometimes a daunting task knowing where to begin when research a topic. Do you begin with primary texts? Do you begin with secondary texts? It really is both. Umberto Eco, helpfully, identifies the push and pull of such process.