David B. Woods
Leader • Beit Ariel Messianic Jewish Congregation
- An excellent course for what it is: an overview of OT poetry and especially the prophetic books. Yes, you can find the information elsewhere, but Dr Baker has used his biblical knowledge and teaching experience to select the most essential information to present. His manner is calming and listenable. If you have studied biblical poetry before, you won't learn anything new in that area; the course doesn't go into it in any depth. One big takeaway for me was an orientation to Classical Rhetoric which is challenging me to think through how I might prepare to preach next time. I did the course in about 12 hours.
- I'm new to using the Talmud so am just trying to find my way around. I am surprised not to see the folio numbers and sides inserted into the text of the English translation, just as the page numbers can be shown via the Visual Filters menu. Since Talmudic citations are normally given down to the folio side, it's difficult to find what I'm looking for in the translation. Am I missing something? Are the folios-and-sides something that a later edition might contain?