My Thesis....

For the last two years I've been trying to write a thesis on John Gill (between working at a homeless shelter, moving to another state, teaching school full time, serving as a part time youth minister, and trying to be a good husband and father). Now, I've finally finished a draft of the whole thing. I still have some work to do on editing and refining, but it appears that I should be finished by my deadline--this time.

When I'm finally finished, I wonder what I'm going to do with myself? Ha. Ha.

Prospectus Approved!!! Almost.

I just met with my supervisor this morning about my prospectus submission. The significant aspect that needed revised was the thesis statement. I had originally proposed a statement that was too vague: "This thesis will argue that Gill's commentary on the Song of Solomon was written with a presupposition that the book is about Christ and the Church, and a presupposed ecclesiological vision flowing from other texts throughout the Bible." This statement was followed by a paragraph fleshing out what I intended which my supervisor said contained a better thesis statement: "None of Gill's ecclesiological claims flow directly from the Song, but in every reference to an ecclesiological claim within the Song, Gill draws support from similar images elsewhere in Scripture from which these claims are actually derived." I plan to make the necessary revisions and my prospectus should be approved early next week. My fear now is that I have overstated my claim. I use the word "every." While I know that this was extremely common, I will have to see as I write whether the claim can be substantiated.