Tuesday, October 20, 2009

NT Pod 17: Paul's Conversion on the Damascus Road

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I uploaded the latest NT Pod on Sunday, a little later in the week than usual, because I had to prioritize other things. I hope it will be...
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Jesus Never Laughed?

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The latest Bible Study Magazine from Logos features a nice little piece called Jesus Never Laughed? by Samuel Lamerson. One of the passag...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Mark Allan Powell on the Synoptic Problem

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In my previous post , I offered some enthusiasm for the splendid looking new textbook for introductory New Testament classes, Introducing th...
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Mark Allan Powell, Introducing the New Testament

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I was delighted to receive in the post a copy of Mark Allan Powell, Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary and Theological Su...
Friday, October 16, 2009

The Growing Jar at Nag Hammadi

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How large was the jar in which twelve codices (including tractates like the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Apocryphon of John a...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Graham Stanton: The Independent Obituary

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Following a little later than the others is a fine obituary of Graham Stanton in tomorrow's Independent : Professor Graham Stanton: Bibl...

Good news about Sheffield

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It is great to hear the good news that the University of Sheffield's Biblical Studies department is safe, the key news being the announc...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Exploring our Matrix Explores the Case Against Q

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James McGrath and I have often sparred on the Synoptic Problem on our blogs, and it is nice to see a post today on Exploring our Matrix abo...
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AKMA and Jim Davila included in 100 Best Professors who blog

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Congratulations to two of our own, AKMA (AKM Adam) and Paleojudaica (Jim Davila), who are included in the 100 Best Professors Who Blog lis...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Watch "From Jesus to Christ" Online in toto

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Back in 1998, there was a lot of talk among American e-listers about the PBS series From Jesus to Christ , a four-part exploration of the or...

More Bible Fest New Orleans news

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More details are now available on the 12th Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest in New Orleans, 20-22 November here: 12th Annual Bible and Arch...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Child Labour at Oxyrhynchus

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In NT Pod 15: Gospel of Thomas, The First Glimpse , I mentioned that Grenfell and Hunt used a lot of child labour in their excavations. It ...

Gospel of Thomas Resource Centre

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In a comment on my recent post on Grenfell and Hunt , Andrew Bernhard reminded me of his excellent new resource, The Gospel of Thomas Resour...

NT Pod 16: How long was Jesus' ministry?

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I uploaded the latest NT Pod on Saturday, a little later in the week than usual. I hadn't got enough writing done and so had to hold o...
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Friday, October 09, 2009

Higgaion Podcast

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I am delighted to see Chris Heard launching a new podcast on the Hebrew Bible, the Higgaion podcast . Episode 1 is out today and provides...

Sheffield Biblical Studies dept -- people mobilizing

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It's great to see the support all over the net for the Biblical Studies department at Sheffield . For the latest news, go to Save Bibli...
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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Sheffield Biblical Studies Department under threat

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Jim West broke the bad news, A Great Injustice is About to Occur , earlier today, that the Department of Biblical Studies at the University...
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Hugh Lloyd-Jones: The Times Obituary

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Tomorrow's Times has its obituary of Hugh Lloyd-Jones who died on Sunday : Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones: Regius professor of Greek at Oxford It...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Discovery of the Nag Hammadi documents, a variant account

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I mentioned earlier the documentary The Gnostics , broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in 1987. Both Brent (in comments) and April De Conick ...

The Gnostics, 1987

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I blogged yesterday on an old Youtube video about the Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Codices . The video features James Robinson, Gilles Quis...
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