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• Bible Secrets Revealed on History Channel, Wednesday

  

  History Channel now has a website devoted to its new six-part documentary series about the Bible: Bible Secrets Revealed The site features the "sneak peak"... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jerome Murphy O'Connor, O. P., 1935-2013

  

  I was so sorry to hear of the death of Jerome Murphy O'Connor earlier today. Not only was he a fine scholar, but he was also a kind-spirited, sweet-natured and... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Bible Secrets Revealed Intro

  Here's the first couple of minutes of the forthcoming History Channel series Bible Secrets Revealed: This is taken from the Prometheus Entertainment website. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Death of François Bovon

  I was very sorry to hear today of the death of Prof. François Bovon of Harvard Divinity School. (HT: several Fb friends Jim West). Update (4 Nov. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Britney Spears Musical About Jesus?!

  

  Thanks to Helen Ingram for this one. If it were April Fool's Day, I'd think this was a particularly fine prank. But it seems to be true -- there's a musical tha... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Bible Secrets Revealed, History Channel

  

  Candida Moss in Bible Secrets Revealed Over on his XKV8R blog, Robert Cargill announces a new six part documentary to air soon on History Channel. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

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

  On Sunday, I posted some comments on Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson's forthcoming book and documentary, Jacobovici and Wilson's "Lost Gospel". Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jacobovici and Wilson's "Lost Gospel"

  

  While I was noodling around on the internet to remind myself of the exact titles of Marcus Borg's and Burton Mack's Lost Gospel books last night (see Q, Doctor... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Q, Doctor Who and the Difference Between "lost" and "hypothetical"

  

  Regular readers will know that I am not averse to finding an excuse to talk about the rich potential for analogies between scholarship on Christian origins and... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jimmy Carter, Jesus and "the Matthew Effect"

  

  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 famous, more prominent... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Candida Moss Takes on Bill O'Reilly

  This is so impressive. Three cheers to Professor Candida Moss, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Notre Dame University! Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Was Jesus the First Person to Tweet?

  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 sermons, the cardinal said, wer... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• York Christian Apocrypha Symposium 2013

  I am on my way to the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium 2013 in Toronto. Today (Thursday) is arrival day for the speakers, but the conference gets going on... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Accurate is That Replica, and Why Does It Matter?

  

  After discussions of the Talpiot Tombs resumed recently in the blogs (see James McGrath, Talpiot Tomb Latest and Talpiot Tomb Representation and Rhetoric), I... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Philip Esler Appointment at the University of Gloucestershire

  News of Philip Esler's appointment at the University of Gloucestershire: University announces new Portland Chair in New Testament Studies The University of... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Q and Q Reading the Critical Edition of Q!

  

  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 magazine Q. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Q is for . . . . Q and Q Reading Q

  

  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 has to explain to puzzled... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• NT Pod 66: Oral Tradition and the Game of "Telephone"

  

  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 Game of "Telephone". Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Response to Simcha Jacobovici's "Pants on Fire"

  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 differences between the two... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Tale of Two Replicas

  

  The recent renewed discussion of the Talpiot Tombs, brought about by Simcha Jacobovici's post featuring an interview with Professor Émile Puech of the École... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY