Crossley on Q

In the latest post in a series promoting his forthcoming book, Why Christianity Happened , James Crossley turns to the topic from Jewish sin...

Recommending resources for NT graduates

On Thursday this week, our New Testament and Judaic Studies Colloquium at Duke, which meets three or four time each term, was devoted to loo...

James Barr Times obituary follow-up

There is a brief reaction to The Times Obituary of James Barr . This is from Lives Remembered, Comments, October 26 : M. E. J. Richardson ...

Color of the Cross first reviews

Matt Page, over on Bible Films has a summary of the first few reviews of Color of the Cross . So far, pretty negative stuff: First few rev...

Paul's loss of Galatia II

In a previous post, Paul's loss of Galatia I , I began to outline why I think Paul lost the Churches of Galatia, following on from earli...

Review of Biblical Literature latest

Latest from the SBL Review of Biblical Literature under the New Testament and Early Christianity heading: Yong-Sung Ahn The Reign of God an...

Life of Brian: The Musical

It sounds pretty implausible, I know, but it's true -- they are turning The Life of Brian into an oratorio called Not the Messiah . On ...

Color of the Cross article

Metromix.com ( Chicago Tribune ) has the following article on the forthcoming film Color of the Cross : Biblical film portrays Jesus as a m...

Journal of Greco Roman Christianity and Judaism latest

Thanks to Holger Szesnat for the note that there is more content available on the Journal of Greco Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 3 ...

James Barr -- Herald Obituary

Today's Herald has an obituary of James Barr: Rev Professor James Barr JOHNSTON MACKAY Theologian and leading Old Testament scholar; Bo...

Tyndale Tech Latest

The latest Tyndale Tech from David Instone Brewer is now on-line and as usual, it is well worth consulting: Time-Saving Tools for Writing O...

David Daube book online

ABZU Bibliography Update notes this excellent new contribution to the world of on-line full text free for all books: David Daube, Appeaseme...

Segal becomes a Busybody

Alan Segal's first post over on The Busybody has been posted -- Some Social Dimensions of Life after Death

James Barr: Times Obituary

Today's Times has an obituary of James Barr: Professor James Barr March 20, 1924 - October 14, 2006 Distinguished Hebraist and biblical...

Paul's loss of Galatia I

In previous posts, I have suggested that Paul lost the battle in Galatia (see Does Galatians post-date 1 Corinthians ; cf. also Does Galatia...

Alan Segal on Busybody

Great news today on Loren Rosson's Busybody -- Alan Segal has accepted an invitation to do some guest blogging there. I am looking fo...

Three years of Hypotyposeis

Happy blogiversary to Hypotyposeis . Stephen Carlson's blog is always at the top of my blogroll, which means it's always the first ...

James Barr

Jim West and Jeffrey Gibson (on Xtalk ) report the sad news of James Barr's death. This feature appeared tonight on Vanderbilt News Se...

David Dungan, Constantine's Bible

From Fortress: Politics and the Making of the New Testament MINNEAPOLIS (October 16, 2006)— Most college and seminary courses on the New Tes...

Review of Biblical Literature latest

Latest from the SBL Review of Biblical Literature under the NT and General headings: Brian J. Abasciano Paul's Use of the Old Testament...

Paul's lack of travel plans in Galatians

I have suggested previously that it is likely that Paul lost the battle in Galatia (see Does Galatians post-date 1 Corinthians ; cf. also Do...

Oral Q?

Over on the Jesus Dynasty blog , James Tabor reproduces a new academic review of his book and it is by Dennis Groh. Groh has an odd note: B...

The Jerusalem Council: Gal. 2.1-10 = Acts 15: Response to Critics

I am very grateful to those who have commented with such intelligence and insight on my recent post on The Jerusalem Council: Gal. 2.1-10 = ...

NTGateway updates: film and canon

A couple of updates to the NT Gateway: first, the Canon page: I've added a link to the article made available by Rob Bradshaw at Bib...

Zhubert Search Box

Many thanks to Zhubert for permission to add little Bible Browser box on the left in this blog. I had initially asked Zack for permission t...

iGod on Pauline Chronology

Given the interesting discussions recently on Pauline Chronology, I thought it high time that we consulted iGod on the problem. As usual, ...

Top 100 Universities

The Times Higher Education Supplement list of the world's Top 100 Universities is published today. The Times On-line has a feature ar...

The Nativity Story latest: consultants and location

Over on Bible Films Blog Matt Page has more comment on the forthcoming Nativity Story film. (See his Nativity Story Central Page for all...

Aileen Guilding

I was sorry to hear this morning of the death of Aileen Guilding, age 94 (via Loveday Alexander on the British New Testament Society list). ...

Latest from SBL Review of Biblical Literature

Latest from the SBL Review of Biblical Literature under the NT heading: Larry W. Hurtado How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Qu...

New Mark Chancey Report

I am a little behind on this, but thanks to Mark Chancey for letting me know about his new study on Bible courses in public schools. The st...

Color of the Cross

I mentioned The Nativity Story yesterday. There's another Jesus film on release before that, and now quite soon, The Color of the Cros...

Biblical Studies Carnival X

The latest Biblical Studies Carnival is up and Phil Harland has done an excellent job, with an engaging and lively style: Biblical Studies ...