By “this” I mean the triennial “What is a biblioblogger?” discussion. April started it (this time). Chris, Duane, Jim, Tim, and Doug have all chimed in—apologies if I missed anyone.

Okay, I admit it: I use the term “biblioblog” and “biblioblogger” on occasion. Well, maybe even frequently. But honestly, I don’t much care to define the term, or to quibble about such definitions. I suppose I really use the term “biblioblogger” to mean “someone who blogs about biblical studies or stuff somewhat related to biblical studies.” Maybe I should swear off the terms altogether. To me, arguing about who is or isn’t a “biblioblogger,” and which blogs are or are not “biblioblogs,” has no practical value. It reminds me of arguments about “when the Iron Age began.” The “Iron Age” is not an “entity” with a separate existence outside of scholarly discourse, but for some reason people speak otherwise, as if there were a definition of “Iron Age” floating about somewhere in the Platonic world of ideals, to which our own defintions ought to conform. Neither ought anyone’s blog be judged or labeled based on its conformity or nonconformity to an arbitrary definition of a recently-coined word.