Top 3 Exegetical Issues

Steps

1. Create Slides and Script

Writing a Script

Once the wiki pages have been created (three pages for each psalm), begin writing a script for a video. This can be done in a google doc.

What to keep in mind when writing a script for a video:

• Formatting
  • bullet point format is helpful as each bullet point can correspond to one slide. So, make sure to keep the information on each bullet point limited to an aspect of the argument that will not overload each slide.
  • keep in mind the flow of the argument as it will be seen on the slide
• Order of slides
  • begin by introducing the three issues of the psalm and where they appear in the whole context of the Psalm
  • with each issue it may be helpful to think about what kind of issue is being discussed (ex.text critical, grammatical, etc...)
  • present a variety of textual variants and where helpful discuss relevant passage that appear elsewhere in the psalm or the rest of the bible
  • have in mind the use of the visual resources already created for the psalm (ex. grammatical diagrams) and discuss them in the script when necessary.
  • each issue may differ in length and some passages may have multiple types of issues (ex. both grammatical and semantic)

Saving to the Drive

Save the script in 4. Psalms Project > Video scripts

Create slides

Use the slide template found here. Further comments and suggestions can be found on the template.

Make your slides in Google slides.

• Formatting
  • each bullet point should be a separate slide
  • insert your psalm number and make sure it appears in the proper place on each slide
  • Choose icons from the noun project for each of the issues and for the psalm as a whole
    • Any icons used should be put in the images folder on the drive
    • If icons need to be created/modified figma is a good resource to edit svg files
    • there are some icon creators that are preferred (for example Adrien Coquet)
  • balance the texts with visuals and infographics. For infographics there are free packages online that can be cited (some options for arrows are provided on the last slide of the template)
  • Follow SBL formatting for fonts and follow the Scriptura brand style guide available in the shared google drive 3. Employee > Branding > Brand Style Guide

Saving to the Drive

Save the slides you have created in 4. Psalms Project > Video Slides

2. Record Video

1. Using Zoom, share your screen and then put the google slideshow you made in full screen. Begin to record your screen
2. Edit your video in iMovie

Review

At an open session read through your script (look at this as an informal draft of your video)

Upload Video

Send video to be uploaded by alex.rubel@scriptura.org.

• Title within YouTube
  • Psalm #: Exegetical Issues
• Description within YouTube
  • This is the Exegetical Issues video of Psalm #, which explores three difficult and important exegetical issues interpreters of the Psalm are likely to encounter. The three issues covered in this video are:

x:xx - First issue (timestamp for video -- link directly if possible, e.g. youtube.com/xoiusdf?n=32) (https://psalms.scriptura.org/w/The_Verbal_Semantics_of_Psalm_9:4)

x:xx - Second issue (link-to-argument-map)

x:xx - Third issue (link-to-argument-map)

This video is part of the Psalms: Layer by Layer project, run by Scriptura (https://www.scriptura.org). This Psalm also has an Overview video (LINK-TO-OVERVIEW) and a Poetic Features video (LINK-TO-POETIC-FEATURES).

• Subtitles
  • Add the script as English subtitles to the video. (Automated subtitles are not sufficient for our purposes: in the past it has turned 'lyres and lutes' into 'liars and loots'!)