Open course-ware is an amazing thing. If you have wondered what it would be like to sit in a class at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, or MIT, without the hefty price tag now you can. As time goes by these and other top tier universities are making popular classes available free of charge. Because I am an education junky, I think this is great. For me it is the equivalent of intellectual crack cocaine. The major difference between this "virtual" crack and the real thing is this will not destroy precious brain cells and lead to a horribly addictive and destructive habit.
Many open courses are available through the iTunes store. I have really enjoyed Yale professor Dale B. Martin's class introductory course to New Testament studies. There is another Yale prof, whose name escapes me, who cover the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, providing the historical background you don't get in your typical Sunday school, or institute class.
All of this is great. My iPod is now full of these things making my hour long bike ride to work not only good for my health but good for my mind. Check it out, you might be hooked.
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