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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Thomas and the Gospels - excerpt from chapter 1

I thought it might be a bit of fun, in the lead up to the publication of my Thomas and the Gospels , to post some excerpts. And where to be...

Monday, July 30, 2012

Top Ten Authors in my Thomas Book (by counts)

I have recently finished indexing my forthcoming book Thomas and the Gospels . These are the top ten most popular authors featured in the b...

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

A New Interpretation of the Greek Ossuary Inscription in Talpiyot Tomb B

Richard Bauckham has written a new piece on the inscription in Tapiyot Tomb B and I am happy to be posting it here. It's a PDF file av...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Paul Verhoeven Jesus Film is to go ahead

For over eight years, I have been posting here on the NT Blog about the Paul Verhoeven Jesus film . Back in 2004 I was already wondering W...

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The technology of the book -- new "aBook"

Delightful piece on Horrible Histories about the launch of the book: I particularly like the Roman's expression when he says that ...

Friday, June 15, 2012

John the Baptist's Bones have been found -- again!

This morning's papers are full of another new story about the discovery of a Biblical figure's bones. This time it is John the Ba...

Monday, June 11, 2012

James Charlesworth on Talpiot Tomb B (Revised and Updated)

This is a fully revised and updated version of my earlier post James Charlesworth on Talpiot Tomb B which commented on an earlier version o...

Friday, June 08, 2012

How would Jesus have proved his own existence?

I like to dabble in the discussions on Jesus' existence from time to time, all the more so since I had a stab at putting together my own...

Thursday, June 07, 2012

Bible in the Public Square -- Conference at Duke Sept 9-10

This just in from my colleagues in Jewish Studies: Duke University is proud to be hosting a conference entitled “The Bible in the Public S...

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Steve Walton and David Wenham on the Synoptic Problem

I have been working my way through the recently released second edition of Steve Walton and David Wenham's excellent Exploring the New...

BibleWorks 20th Birthday Contest

Jim Barr has been in touch to mention the BibleWorks 20th Birthday Contest . They are giving away two copies of BibleWorks to the best entr...

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Matthean and Lukan Special Material, Part 2

Last week I posted part one of my review of Brice Jones, Matthean and Lukan Special Material in Matthean and Lukan Special Material, Part...

Transcription of Codex Sinaiticus available for download

Over on the ITSEE site, the good news that a Transcription of Codex Sinaiticus is now available for download .

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

More on the Earthquake and Jesus' Crucifixion

I commented last Friday ( Earthquake Research and the Day of Jesus' Crucifixion ) on a Discover News Article Quake Reveals Day of Jesus...

Charlesworth Article on Talpiot Tomb B: Update

On May 17, I blogged a detailed response to an article by Prof. James Charlesworth of Princeton Theological Seminary entitled "What is...

Jesus, Criteria and the Demise of Authenticity New Conference Location

The conference connected with the release of the forthcoming book edited by Chris Keith and Anthony Le Donne, Jesus, Criteria and the Demise...

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Mike Bird on Luke's use of Matthew and Q

Mike Bird has an enjoyable post up on the Synoptic Problem. It's really refreshing for Synoptic nerds like me to see others enjoying th...

Friday, May 25, 2012

Earthquake Research and the Day of Jesus' Crucifixion

Usually speaking, these stories crop up around Easter so it's a surprise to see this one appearing now. As usual on these occasions, it...

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Matthean and Lukan Special Material, Part 1

I am grateful to Wipf and Stock for sending over a review copy of Brice Jones's new book: Matthean and Lukan Special Material A Bri...

Friday, May 18, 2012

More on the RBL "Rejoinders" Issue

Further to my post yesterday on RBL Innovation: Scholarly Rejoinders to Reviews , see the related post from Tim Bulkeley at Sansblogue . B...

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