Barclay on Grace
Barclay's 2015 book on grace, Paul and the Gift, has been gathering momentum as a push back against the New Perspectives' (alleged) minimisation of the radical nature of Paul's view of God's grace....
View ArticlePhD Scholarships with Torrance and Wright
So personally, being overseen by both Alan Torrance and NT Wright sounds terrifyingly intimidating, but if that floats your boat there is still time to apply.The University of St Andrews and the...
View ArticleDecember 2015 Biblical Studies Blog Carnival
It's been a while since I have been active with the carnival in any capacity whatsoever, and in all likelihood that is not about to change but it is good to see it is still going strong. Check it out....
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Chicken Theology
This came through the post on Facebook, thanks to G.E. Cockrell (a coincidence? IDK). Some deeply insightful analysis here:Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? (Theological Version)Rick Warren: The...
View ArticleA New (to me) Blog!
Just come across this blog through a friend's facebook feed, been very impressed with the range and quality of the writing. It's called Thicket of the Jordan by one Esau McCauley, an African-American...
View ArticleCall for Posts and Free ANE Resources
Tim Bulkeley is looking for posts for this month's biblical studies carnival, drop him a line if you want to nominate a post.Tim has also has a chapter in a new SBL publication, THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE...
View ArticleBeards, Beards, Beards.
While I have commented before on the theology of beards in the feeds last week there were two beard related articles worthy of mention.One on the health benefits for all humanityAnd one on the...
View ArticleScholarly Bunfight Brewing Over Peter
If you like a good scrap between Bible scholars (and I do!) you should get in at the start of emerging hostilities between Larry Hurtado and Robert Gundry. They are both top rank NT scholars (IMHO) but...
View ArticleBauckham on "Deliberate Hindsight"
"If God crucified introduces radical novelty into the identity of God, wherein lies the consistency of identity? The first point to make is . . . that Jewish monotheism did not characterize the...
View ArticleLiberalism has Started to Eat Itself: Jacob Williams on Free Speech
So this is an interesting discussion affecting Oxford University at the moment.Here's one side of the storyAnd here's another.What do you think?
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The Honest Christian Worship Album
Though this was pretty funny, if also a little painfully accurate? (source)
View ArticleWhere Does All Our Time Go?
Came across a fascinating (if slightly hyperbolic) article the other week. Well worth a readIf someone had designed a work regime perfectly suited to maintaining the power of finance capital, it’s hard...
View ArticleYes They Are The Same God
All the kerfuffle over that poor professor, it really is remarkable that intelligent people can find it so hard to understand.Yes. Yahweh, Allah and the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ are all...
View ArticleNZATS conf and call for papers
If you love a good acronym, then this is the conference for you! NZATS ConferenceKeynote speakers will be Murray Rae, Tim Meadowcroft and Rebecca Dudley. Conference Announcement And Call For PapersNew...
View ArticleJospeh's Bones (Genesis 5:24-25)
I've been thinking this week about the bones of Joseph. There is a strange little bit at the end of the book of Genesis where Joseph tells his family that when the time comes for Israel to return to...
View ArticleTanya Riches: A new (to me) blog!
A little while back on facebook I came across this gem of an article about citing people (even if they are female and/or Australian). I think Tanya is too soft on cheating scumbags who want to pass off...
View ArticleGoing further with Hebrew
So last year I did the introduction and intermediate course in Hebrew with Laidlaw College. I had previously self taught myself enough Hebrew to engage with commentaries, do word studies, etc, but it...
View ArticleEaster, that famous pagan festival, not.
We've probably all heard how the celebration of Easter is based on the pre Christian celebration of the goddess Oester, from who we got oestrogen, and that Christians just tacked on some cute stories...
View ArticleThe Secret Life of Bible Societies
Scot McKnight offers a fascinating precis of John Fea's book The Bible Cause. It is not for nothing that many countries ban the distribution of Bibles, it is a highly political act, but not just the...
View ArticleWhen the Rock Star met the Bible Scholar
Fascinating little video hereI was struck, one, by Peterson's focus on the task in hand (not being distracted from his deadline by a world famous rock star's invitation. Surely an indication of how he...
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