By Todd Patterson, on May 3rd, 2011 
During the process of writing the dissertation I’m supposed to be turning in chapters for my advisor (first reader) to look over, comment on, request revision, etc. Because of the nature of my dissertation, I decided to complete chapters 1-4 (out of eight chapters) and submit them all at once. I submitted those chapter in early March and on Friday, April 29th I sat down with my advisor to hear his recommendations. This was a very important meeting for me because early in the writing process I decided to take a bit of a risk and I wasn’t sure it would pay off.
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on March 19th, 2011
I turned in chapters 1-4 of my dissertation last Thursday.
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on October 7th, 2010 
We have another version of the template (version 1.2.2) that incorporates two very slight changes.
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on September 25th, 2010
For some Old Testament research papers you may find it necessary to include transliterated text for ancient languages such as Hebrew, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ugaritic, etc. In that case, thanks to the Tyndale Unicode Keyboard for Hebrew and Greek, finding a way to input the extra characters you need is almost, but not quite, elementary. Read on to find out the best way I know to set up your system for easy entry of transliterated text for ANE languages. By the way, part of the solution to the problem involves using AutoCorrect in MS Word. So as a bonus, you’ll also learn a trick for easily entering words you use frequently.
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on September 25th, 2010
You can find explanations of Unicode all over the web, this explanation is offered for non-technical people in the field of biblical studies. The purpose is to help you understand what you need on your computer to be able to enter text in German, French, Hebrew, Greek, or other languages with special characters. Specifically, it will help you understand why no ordinary font will do.
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on September 18th, 2009 
I got this in the mail on Tuesday. It’s officially official. I have achieved candidacy. You may wonder–What is candidacy?
Continue reading… By Todd Patterson, on August 27th, 2009  Even though I’m no longer taking classes and don’t officially operate on the semester cycle, the beginning of the academic year is still a bit of a starting point for me too. Because of that, I thought this would be an appropriate time to give an assessment of my dissertation progress so far–even moreso since I just got back from meetings with all three of the professors on my committee.
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