Hello and welcome!

On behalf of the Zondervan Academic team, welcome to our blog, Koinonia. This is the obligatory and obvious opening post. Please allow me to lay out some of our plans. Chiefly—and you may have already picked this up from the name of our blog—we want to build real koinonia, community by intimate participation. We think the conversations here, though digital, will impact the community of Christ. They will be appropriate for the academy, church, and coffeehouse. We’ve gathered together some of the most important voices in today’s biblical-theological conversations to join us. Just to kindle your interest . . . Bill Mounce is going to kick things off on Monday with the first in a weekly series that focuses on biblical Greek, translation, exegesis, and related issues. Craig Blomberg will be checking in with us later in the week. In addition to these conversations, we have some great things planned in the first few months. You’ll be hearing from other authors, as well as some Zondervan staff. One series of posts we’re planning will take you through the entire academic book process, from conception to publication. There will be the occasional marketing plug, but it will be occasional—and hopefully both appropriate and discreet. “Corporate” would not be a way to describe us here. We’re striving for trust, humility, and transparency. So click above to subscribe and make plans to join us! —Jesse, Opening post guy

Comments

[Esteban Vázquez]

Truly excited to hear of this new venture (all the more because Walt Kaiser is involved!); I'm already looking forward to the posts and broader conversation.

Esteban

[Laura]

This is very exciting--and an excellent idea. I've already added Koinonia to Google Reader. I look forward to the interaction.

[tc robinson]

Congrats, on the launching of this new and excitement blog. I'm looking forward to some healthy discussion with some of the leading minds in evangelicalism.

[joe lee]

really excited about this blog site. look forward to great discussions and insights this blog will contribute.

[Rich Tatum]

Great job, Jesse! I hope this turns into as great an enterprise as your first post (and Bill Mounce's) promises to be.

Rich
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[Mike]

The series on how an academic book is published sounds great.

I would like to hear about Zs plans for developing their software line. There are so many great Z titles not available on cd-rom.

[Mike]

The series on how an academic book is published sounds great.

I would like to hear about Zs plans for developing their software line. There are so many great Z titles not available on cd-rom.

[Mike]

The series on how an academic book is published sounds great.

I would like to hear about Zs plans for developing their software line. There are so many great Z titles not available on cd-rom.

[Mike]

The series on how an academic book is published sounds great.

I would like to hear about Zs plans for developing their software line. There are so many great Z titles not available on cd-rom.

[Jesse]

Mike,

Thanks for your suggestion. Just earlier this week, I was in a meeting where we were discussing this very thing. Look for us to post on this in the near future.

[Daniel Radke]

As with many others, I am thoroughly excited to discover the presence of this blog! I've subscribed to it with my RSS reader, and look forward to coming back on a regular basis. Keep up the good work for God's Kingdom!

[Mike]

That's great, Jesse! Anything by Kaiser, Silva, Waltke (pleeeease do his OT Theology for Pradis) Carson, and the whole Counterpoint Series would be great!