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• Simcha Jacobovici and the Talpiot Tomb Again!

  

  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 two tombs excavated... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Simon Schama's Misreading of Paul

  

  I've greatly enjoyed the first couple of episodes of Simon Schama's Story of the Jews currently airing on BBC2. Schama is a wonderful story-teller and he knows... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How It Used to Look!

  

  This is how it used to look back then (or at least as far back as I can get it on the wayback machine). I must admit that I rather liked the old design, which... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• NT Blog's Ten Year Anniversary!

  Happy birthday to me! The NT Blog is ten years old today. Its first post in what was then called "The NT Gateway Blog" went out on September 2 2003, Welcome to... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Art of Writing Negative Book Reviews

  A couple of years ago, I asked whether Paul Foster's review of Bartosz Adamczewski's Q or Not Q? might qualify as The most negative book review in our area? Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Death of Paul W. Meyer

  

  More sad news. I was sorry to hear through Michael Gorman just now (on Fb) of the death of Paul W. Meyer. Princeton Theological Seminary has released a notice... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sean Freyne on Galilee, Jesus and Christology -- on Youtube

  While reflecting tonight on the sad news of Sean Freyne's death earlier this week, I fell to wondering if any of his lectures had been recorded and released on... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Death of Seán Freyne

  

  I was very sorry to hear earlier in the week of the death of Professor Seán Freyne (Larry Hurtado, Jim West, Jim Davila, Michael Bird). Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Raymond E. Brown Website

  

  Today, on the anniversary of Raymond Brown's death, Matthew Montonini has released a new website that pays tribute to him. Anyone who has done any academic... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Canon of Doctor Who and the Canon of the New Testament

  

  With the announcement of the twelfth doctor's casting still fresh in our minds, it's perhaps time for blog post about Doctor Who. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• More Caird Lectures Online

  

  Jeffrey Gibson recently made available a whole bunch of audio recordings of George Caird's lectures. I uploaded these to my webspace, and Matthew Montonini... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Academic Blogging: What Are the Benefits?

  Continuing on with Joshua Mann's questions (see Why Blog? and When and Why?), he asks next: 2. What are a few of the benefits you see in blogging? Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Academic Blogging: When and Why?

  Now that my ridiculous pre-amble is written, here is the first of my answers to Joshua Mann's questions, with thanks for his interest, and apologies, in advance... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Blog?

  

  In one of my favourite TV series ever, The Prisoner (1967), there is an episode dealing with 1960s anxieties about the ever-increasing powers of the computer.... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Pericopes, Passages Or Paragraphs?

  Scholars love their jargon. And New Testament scholarship is choc-full of jargon. Sometimes I get a bit tired of it. For a bit of fun, I am experimenting with... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Joy of Failed Predictions

  So with reference to my previous post, here is the interview question that made me smile when I re-read it. The interviewer is Jim West, and the interview... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Biblioblogs.com Still Defunct

  I've been writing a paper, now with first draft completed, for the SBL International in July. It's advertised title is "Pods, Blogs, Websites and Mark," but I... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Tom Boomershine Performs Mark

  I blogged about Performances of Mark's Gospel the other day and Matthew Montonini drew my attention to several clips of Tom Boomershine performing Mark online. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Great Discussions of the Biblioblogs -- Another Request

  I was delighted by the response to my post Blogging Mark - Input Requested Please. The comments there have very much helped me to think through my paper on... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Performances of Mark's Gospel

  I have sometimes heard people talking about amazing one-man (and it usually is a man) shows performing Mark's Gospel. I am currently working on a presentation... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY