Thursday, October 31, 2013

Bible Secrets Revealed, History Channel

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Candida Moss in Bible Secrets Revealed Over on his XKV8R blog , Robert Cargill announces a new six part documentary to air soon on Hist...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Bride of God or the Lost Gospel of Joseph and Asyath, Richard Bauckham

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On Sunday, I posted some comments on Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson's forthcoming book and documentary, Jacobovici and Wilson's...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Jacobovici and Wilson's "Lost Gospel"

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While I was noodling around on the internet to remind myself of the exact titles of Marcus Borg's and Burton Mack's Lost Gos...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Q, Doctor Who and the difference between "lost" and "hypothetical"

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Regular readers will know that I am not averse to finding an excuse to talk about the rich potential for analogies between scholarship on ...
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Friday, October 04, 2013

Jimmy Carter, Jesus and "the Matthew effect"

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I have discussed the Matthew effect here before whereby a a piece of research, an idea, a quotation, a story gets associated with a more ...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Candida Moss takes on Bill O'Reilly

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This is so impressive.  Three cheers to Professor Candida Moss, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Notre Dame University! ...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Was Jesus the first person to tweet?

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From my room on Toronto, I caught on CBS news this morning Cardinal Ravasi's claim that Jesus was the first person to tweet .  His sermo...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

York Christian Apocrypha Symposium 2013

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I am on my way to the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium 2013  in Toronto.  Today (Thursday) is arrival day for the speakers, but the confe...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

How accurate is that replica, and why does it matter?

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After discussions of the Talpiot Tombs resumed recently in the blogs (see James McGrath, Talpiot Tomb Latest and Talpiot Tomb Representati...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Philip Esler Appointment at the University of Gloucestershire

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News of Philip Esler's appointment at the University of Gloucestershire: University announces new Portland Chair in New Testament Stu...
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Q and Q reading the Critical Edition of Q!

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Many thanks to AKMA for for this one.   I had said : "Anyway, I love this cartoon in which those two famous Qs read the British mag...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Q is for . . . . Q and Q reading Q

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We reached the stage of my New Testament Intro class today when we were looking at the question of Q.  It's tough to teach because one h...
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NT Pod 66: Oral Tradition and the Game of "Telephone"

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It's been far too long since we've had an NT Pod ! I've put out a new episode tonight, NT Pod 66: Oral Tradition and the Gam...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Response to Simcha Jacobovici's "Pants on Fire"

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I am grateful to Simcha Jacobovici for taking the time to respond to my blog post A Tale of Two Replicas  in which I detailed the difference...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

A Tale of Two Replicas

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The recent renewed discussion of the Talpiot Tombs, brought about by Simcha Jacobovici's post featuring an interview with Professor Émi...
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Émile Puech's Statement on the Talpiot Tomb Images

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I expressed some surprise over Prof. Émile Puech's apparent endorsement of Simcha Jacobovici's claims about the Talpiot Tombs on Thu...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Simcha Jacobovici and the Talpiot Tomb Again!

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I have spent a lot of time, some would say wasted a lot of time, engaging critically with claims made by Simcha Jacobovici in relation to ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Simon Schama's misreading of Paul

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I've greatly enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Simon Schama's Story of the Jews currently airing on BBC2.  Schama is a wond...
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