Nativity Story reviews

On Bible Films , Matt Page has his review of The Nativity Story up; here's an excerpt: Yet despite its uniqueness, it can't quite d...

Biblical Studies Carnival XII

Dr Jim West has done a cracking job with the latest Biblical Studies Carnival -- thorough, detailed, witty and very nicely structured. Man...

Scholars: G

I've updated the Scholars: G page, with new URLs for Sigurd Grindheim and Judith Gundry-Volf .

SBL Annual Meeting General Reflections

A few random thoughts: (1) I can't say that I am too keen on the extension of the meeting backwards towards Saturday at 9 a.m. I used t...

SBL Day 5 (Tuesday)

The Tuesday morning of the SBL is, it has to be said, a bit of a damp squib. As a punter, one is best off when one has a latish flight and ...

SBL Day 4 (Monday)

After our Synoptics Steering Committee breakfast, it was the SBL Forum Advisory Board meeting. Shortly afterwards I had a meeting of the Li...

SBL Day 3 (Sunday)

Sunday's breakfast meeting was the University of Birmingham reception and a great pleasure to see old friends. I was really annoyed las...

SBL Day 2 (Saturday)

One of the changes in recent years is the arrival of 9 a.m. meetings. I can't say I am too keen on this innovation. That extra morning...

SBL Day 1 (Friday)

Going to the SBL Annual Meeting when you are living in the USA is a different experience from going to it from abroad. You don't have t...

Back from SBL

I arrived back in rainy North Carolina an hour or so ago after a good SBL, beginning last Friday and ending this morning. I drove up to Was...

SBL Pauline Epistles Handout

I've uploaded my handout for my SBL Pauline Epistles paper on Galatians: Already Circumcised? Paul's Letter of Rebuke to Apostate Ga...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? VII

This is the seventh post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I , Were the Galatians Already...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? VI

This is the sixth post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I , Were the Galatians Already C...

Using technology in conferences presentations: some advice

With the SBL Annual Meeting on the horizon, here are some thoughts about the use of technology in conference presentations. These emerge pa...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? V

This is the fifth post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I , Were the Galatians Already C...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? IV

This is the fourth post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I , Were the Galatians Already ...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? III

This is the third post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I and Were the Galatians Alread...

Jacques Berlinerblau on the SBL

Jacques Berlinerblau’s article in the Chronicle of Higher Education , What’s Wrong With the Society of Biblical Literature? (Nov. 10 2006) ...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? II

This is the second post in the current series and it follows on from Were the Galatians Already Circumcised? I . One of the features that ha...

Were the Galatians already circumcised? I

This post begins a series in which I am looking to explore a controversial reading of the background to Paul's epistle to the Galatians....

Surviving SBL

On Sean the Baptist , Sean Winter asks for tips on surviving the forthcoming SBL Annual Meeting and on Reception of the Bible , John Lyons ...

Academic strife in the UK

Today's Education Guardian has an interesting and somewhat depressing feature on the morale of British academics: Two-thirds of academi...

Biblical Studies Carnival XI

The latest Biblical Studies Carnival is up: Biblical Studies Carnival XI Michael Pahl is the host and he has done an excellent job, drawing ...