Thursday, May 30, 2013

David Parker on the Digital Bible at the Hay Festival

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There is a nice report in the Telegraph  on a talk given by Prof. David Parker (rightly called "the country's leading Biblical sc...

The Synopsis, the Exploding Helicopter and Pictures or Conversation

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I am constantly baffled by how few scholars allow themselves the luxury of illustrating their articles on the Synoptic Gospels with a nice...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

George Caird's New Testament Theology lectures online

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Earlier this week, Matthew Montonini posted a link to a fascinating film from 1970, Mansfield College - Marking the Principalship of John...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Geza Vermes in Times Higher and BAS

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Jim Davila mentions an obituary for Geza Vermes in today's Times Higher Education Supplement : Geza Vermes, 1924-2013 Matthew Reis...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

John Marsh, George Caird and Oxford in 1970

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This fascinating video from 1970 celebrates John Marsh (1904-1994), who was principal of Mansfield College, Oxford from 1953 to 1970.  New ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

John, Jesus and History Conference

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Thanks to Tom Thatcher for letting me know about this conference, and to Jim West for announcing it in  his blog too, and for this Scribd v...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Geza Vermes -- Economist obituary

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The Economist has a superbly written obituary of Geza Vermes.  It is from the print edition but has just been published on the net: Gez...
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Geza Vermes - New York Times Obituary

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The  New York Times has just published its obituary of Geza Vermes, and it is well done. Geza Vermes, Scholar of Dead Sea Scrolls and ‘...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Geza Vermes -- LA Times and Forward

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The LA Times has published its obituary of Geza Vermes: Geza Vermes dies; wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls and life of Jesus Geza Verm...

Joshua Jipp wins 2013 Achtemeier Scholarship

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Many congratulations to Joshua Jipp who has been awarded the 2013 Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship  Richly deserved!  I was ...

Multiple Tributes to Geza Vermes in the Marginalia Review

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The Marginalia Review has this morning published multiple tributes to Geza Vermes, all from top brass scholars of early Judaism and early C...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

"How reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?" New article in JSNT

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I have an article in the latest Journal for the Study of the New Testament : How Reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery? Ma...
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Geza Vermes: The Guardian Obituary

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The Guardian this morning published its obituary of Geza Vermes.  Unlike The Times , The Guardian 's obits are not anonymous, and Phili...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Geza Vermes: Obituaries, tributes and more

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Martin Goodman has a fine obituary of Geza Vermes published today on the Wolfson College website: Professor Geza Vermes - Obituary To...

Geza Vermes on video

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I mentioned Geza Vermes's appearance on Jesus: The Evidence (Channel 4, 1984) the other day.  There are several other appearances by ...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Geza Vermes's legacy

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Following on from the sad news of the death of Geza Vermes earlier this week, The Times  today has its obituary: Geza Vermes Unfortun...
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John Barclay, "Paul and the Gift: Gift-Theory, Grace and Critical Issues in the Interpretation of Paul"

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St Mary's University College at Twickenham, London, last week opened its new Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible and lau...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Geza Vermes, 1924-2013

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Jim Davila and Michael Law have let us know the sad news of the death this morning of Geza Vermes. Geza Vermes was a legend.  It is rar...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Some horrid typos in Sanders's Paul: A Very Short Introduction

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I love E. P. Sanders, Paul: A Very Short Introduction  (Oxford: OUP, 2001) and always assign this little book as essential reading for my ...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

The Jesus Discovery? A Sceptic's Perspective

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The third in the series of papers on the claims made by James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici on the Talpiot Tomb is now up on the Bible and Int...
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