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Polyphonic presence: Welker, God the Revealed, review part 2
[picture from here, bears no relation to review, but I like it! Listen here if you're into prog rock.]Welker (MW) begins with Bonhoeffer, and what MW describes as Bonhoeffer's two legacies. First that...
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FREE Eugene Peterson Downloads
A number of lectures available free from Regent College, which is an opportunity not to be missed because they normally charge top dollar for them.
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Christophobia and the Subjectivist Turn: Welker, God the Revealed, review part 3
Welker concludes his opening section with chapters that outline, explore and attack two phenomena he identifies with the Christian West.First he discusses Jesus Christ as a cultural icon in Western...
View ArticleHow to use Google Docs and Translate to make a Quick Rough Translation of a...
We all know that there is no substitute for knowing the language and that Google translate can make amusing mistakes. However, the ability to quickly make rough translations saves a great deal of time...
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Taking Words out of Paul's Mouth?
Usually we complain when people put words into our mouths, "I didn't say that!" But there has been a tendency in Bible translation as well as scholarship to take some of Paul's words in 1 Corinthians...
View ArticleDid Jesus Curse Himself in Mark 8:12?
In my reading today I was surprised to come across this“Jesus hat nach Mk 8 diese Forderung scharf abgelehnt mit einer damals üblichen Formel, die eigentlich bedingt eine Selbstverfluchung enthält:...
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Gavin Ortlund on Paedobaptism in Reformed Theology
I came across this article by Gavin Ortlund (looking for something completely different) and it reminded me of my own (unfinished) critical interaction with Reformed paedobaptism 10 years ago (here and...
View ArticleNew Zealand's Biggest Annual Biblical Studies Conference!
Well OK, it is not very big (at least in comparison to BNTS or SBL), but by virtue of being New Zealand's only annual Biblical studies conference the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Biblical...
View ArticleChristmas: Unbiblical and Pagan?
There are a number of websites and groups who tell us that Christians should not celebrate Christmas. Are they right? As often happens with this kind of issue, there is truth mixed in with mistaken...
View ArticleChrist's Hidden Divinity?: Davies and Sonderegger on the Markan Transfiguration
One side effect of spending 3+ years working on a particular Gospel is that, while you recognise you still have plenty to learn, you feel rather protective of it and resentful of those who publish on...
View ArticleDefining a Pastor (Oden)
I'm currently reading Thomas C. Oden, Pastoral Theology (1983). Judging by the introduction this seems to be the book where he started to figure out his avowedly-unoriginal "ecumenical consensus"...
View ArticleVon Thaden and "slogans" in 1 Cor 6:12-20
A few posts back I shared about my article, the excitingly titled, "The Argument against Attributing Slogans in 1 Corinthians 6:12-20", published in the Journal for the Study of Paul and his Letters....
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The Gourd is the Messiah!?
No this is not a Monty Python sketch, but my new article on Jonah's gourd and the way it is (possibly/probably/maybe) referenced in Mark's account of Jesus in Gethsemane. Jonah’s Gourd and Mark’s...
View ArticleCFP for ANZABS 2021
AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES24th ANNUAL MEETING 6-7 December 2021Te Kupenga Catholic Theological CollegeCALL FOR PAPERS 2021 The 2021 Annual Meeting of ANZABS will take place...
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The Banquet of Death (Herod's Party in Mark 6:14-29)
A wee snippet from my PhD research as the subject came up on Twitter.Pic: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist-Caravaggio, from Wikimedia commons. The first feeding account is preceded by an...
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Markan Typology - my book! Now available to buy
Responding to the belief suggestion that scriptural typology was a later development of the early church, and not applicable to the earliest canonical Gospel, Jonathan Rivett Robinson stresses that...
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Updates!
No, this is not those updates that Windows computers do to slow down your whole life and suck the energy from your day and make your computer malfunction. This is a blog update to tidy up some out of...
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1 Tim 3:1-7, can girls be bishops?
I got an email recently from a friend concerned about the issue of how complementarian and egalitarian readings of this passage in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 about the qualifications for overseers (KJV: bishops)...
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The sermon: a waste of time?
Are sermons really important? Does the impact of a 15-45 minute message (depending on church) really justify the focus and effort that goes into it? Well, it depends doesn't it? We've all (i expect)...
View ArticleTwo podcasts and two reviews of Markan Typology
I've been interviewed about my book on two different podcasts this year , as my mother always said, I have a great face for radio. Here I am talking to Michael Morales on the New Books NetworkAnd/or...
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Moving Mountains in the New Testament
The following is a section which didn't make it into the final edit of an paper I've written. It was an important part of my process but didn't really contribute to the (overlong) final article. So it...
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Figuring out the Transfiguration
One of the great fears of a PhD student (speaking for myself at least) is that someone will publish your original ideas before you do. It can happen. Thankfully with my PhD research this didn't turn...
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Jesus treats the Syrophoenecian Woman as a Disciple
[This is an extract from my essay "Breaking Bread: The Power of Hospitality in the Gospel of Mark" which you can read in full and with footnotes here.]In ch. 7 the Gospel [of Mark] changes tack; the...
View ArticleNew Testament (and related) Journal Word Limits
This list is a work in progress for my own convenience. I'm sharing it with you out of the goodness of my heart. Don't make me regret it. Feel free to comment or contact me to add others. last updated...
View ArticleA Fresh Crop of New Blogs
I've been hearing rumours that blogging is making a comeback. Some of us never went away, but I admit, it's been slim picking round here for years.Well I'm pleased to announce, not one, but four...
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