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May 16, 2007

Tentative Defense Date

Filed under: Damn Dissertation — Derek the Ænglican @ 12:47 pm

October.

It’s gonna be a busy summer…

8 Comments »

  1. But you have a defense date. Thanks be to God!

    Comment by Caelius Spinator — May 16, 2007 @ 4:21 pm

  2. Yeah–as a metaphorical cattle prod to get three more chapters (well–two and a summary) finished before then… Come August my director will probably purchase a real honest-to-goodness cattle prod to reinforce his threats…

    Comment by Derek the Ænglican — May 16, 2007 @ 9:37 pm

  3. Wow, does that mean there is light at the end of the dissertation tunnel?

    Comment by lutherpunk — May 17, 2007 @ 3:57 am

  4. Another ‘end game’ being played out this fall… hopefully our dear communion won’t distract you too much.

    So what is your dissertation on? Something to do with Ælfric?

    Comment by Michelle — May 18, 2007 @ 6:37 am

  5. LP, There’s definite light. Whether it’s daylight or an oncoming freight-train has yet to be decided…

    Michelle, Some days it seems like a race as to which is finished first: my dissertation or the AC…

    Yeah, I’m writing on Ælfric’s hermeneutics and what modern scholarship can learn from medieval monastic reading practices.

    Comment by Derek the Ænglican — May 18, 2007 @ 6:56 am

  6. Congrats, Derek, and good luck!

    Comment by swain — May 18, 2007 @ 1:09 pm

  7. Derek, are you using Bede as well? His commentaries are coming out in English at a pretty good pace now. On Ezra last year and On Genesis is scheduled for this year. I think his Commentary on the Song of Songs is due out sometime soon. The modern English editions are coming out at the just the right time to stimulate modern scholarship. The Venerable One will be a common topic at Heavenfield.

    Comment by Michelle — May 18, 2007 @ 7:44 pm

  8. In so far as Ælfric uses Bede as a source…but I’m working exclusively with sermons on Matthew. As a direct exegtical source, no–as a homiletician, yes. I did do some work with the SoS commentary during coursework but I just used the CCEL volume.

    There are others–*lurkers*–who are doing more interesting things with Bede than I…

    Comment by Derek the Ænglican — May 18, 2007 @ 9:17 pm

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