The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies

by Nijay K. Gupta

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2022

Overview

Students are expected to research and write, but they aren’t always taught how to do these things well. The Writer walks through Nijay K. Gupta’s approach to and best practices for becoming an effective and efficient writer in biblical studies. He handles a wide spectrum of issues from idea conception to research and note-taking to book proposals and contracts to working with publishers and more. Gupta shares his own publishing autobiography, offering the chance for aspiring writers to learn from the ups and downs of his experiences.

Key Features

• Approaches to and best practices for becoming an effective writer in biblical studies.
• Handles a wide spectrum of issues from idea conception.
• Shares with the reader his own publishing autobiography.

Praise for the Print Edition

Lots of very smart people with doctorates cannot write very well. And if you can’t organize your expertise in such a form that reviewers, editors, and publishers find compelling, all the hard work that went into the PhD will be for naught in a ‘publish or perish’ world. No other resource contains the same kind of discipline-specific guidance, soft knowledge, and practical wisdom.

--Patrick Gray, Rhodes College

Few biblical interpreters have been more prolific authors over the course of the past decade or so than Nijay K. Gupta. In The Writer, Gupta explores how he goes about the art and craft of research, writing, and publishing, and helps others to see how they might do similarly. Whether you are an aspiring author or a seasoned scholar, you will benefit from the hard-won wisdom that Gupta shares in this volume.

--Todd D. Still, George W. Truett Theological Seminary

From the nuts and bolts of identifying a research question to choosing the appropriate venue for your work to tailoring your writing for multiple audiences at once, this book is filled with insights to help readers improve their writing while developing their own unique workflow. As one who has published widely and across multiple platforms, Gupta is an expert guide on this journey. Readers will surely benefit from this book!

--Christopher W. Skinner, Loyola University Chicago

Product Details

• Title: The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies
• Author: Nijay K. Gupta
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 117
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Authorship; Academic writing; Scholarly publishing; Research › Methodology; Bible › Study and teaching
• ISBNs: 9781725292246, 9781725292253, 9781725292260, 1725292246, 1725292254, 1725292262
• Resource ID: LLS:WRTRGDRSBBLCLST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-27T19:33:40Z

About Nijay K. Gupta

Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary, George Fox University, Oregon, and author of Worship that Makes Sense to Paul: A New Approach to the Theology and Ethics of Paul’s Cultic Metaphors (BZNW 175; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010), Colossians (Smyth & Helwys Biblical Commentary; Macon: Helwys, 2013), and 1-2 Thessalonians (New Covenant Commentary Series; Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2016). He is co-editor of The State of New Testament Studies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2019), and co-editor of a planned second edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press).