GRAPHAI The Graphai Discussion

a New Testament discussion group
conducted under the auspices of
the Society of Biblical Literature
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The List

 Graphai is an unmoderated discussion group dedicated to the academic study of the New Testament. It is intended for the use of academic scholars and graduate students in New Testament.

Our Purpose

 The purpose of Graphai is to help scholars of the New Testament help one another in their professional tasks. Subscribers may place queries on such matters as bibliographical items, background, difficult constructions, and issues of interpretation, analysis, and synthesis. Scholars may post ideas for criticism by colleagues before publishing them, as well as discussing other ideas, books, and papers. Other appropriate topics are the teaching of Bible in higher education and the professional concerns of the SBL. Graphai is not the appropriate forum for amateur inquiries about the Bible or for discussion of contemporary religious concerns. As in the SBL meetings and JBL, the framework for discussion on the list is academic, secular, and non-political.

Our Rules

 1. Respect our focus
Keep to the focus: the New Testament (and closely related materials). Occasional excursions into related areas are acceptable to the extent that they shed light on our common quest. Personal religious experiences, modern sectarian or political agendas, personal messages, and commercial advertisements are completely inappropriate.

2. Respect others.
Observe common courtesy, scholarly collegiality, and list netiquette at all times. All comments that reflect negatively on other groups or individuals (including negative references to another's competence) are forbidden.

3. Give each post a useful subject header.
Each subject header should indicate the subject of the message.

4. Participate with restraint.
You are in a discussion with many other informed participants. Participate when you can make a useful contribution but please do not dominate the conversation. Avoid chatter and clutter. Messages should be considered and concise. Do not post messages with enclosures (attachments); either convert the attachment to plain text or offer to send it to individuals who request it.

5. Be careful when you quote someone.
Be careful with quotations and their attributions. When you respond to a posting, quote enough to make your point; do not repost the whole message. Do not repost another's private mail without the explicit permission of the writer. Do not post copyrighted materials beyond fair use without permission of the copyright owners. If you use material from Graphai elsewhere, give credit to the author and cite the appropriate digest in the archives.

6. Use standard conventions in writing.
Show consideration for your readers by observing ordinary conventions of spelling, capitalization, sentence construction, paragraphing, and transliteration.

7. Identify yourself at the end of each post.
End every posting to the list with your full name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address. Pseudonyms are not acceptable. If you wish to be addressed by another name, indicate this in your signature.


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