Thought this quote from Sandmel (from his famous “Parallelomania”) was worth looking at again: Two hundred years ago Christians and Jews and Roman Catholics and Protestants seldom read each other’s books, and almost never met together to exchange views and opinions on academic matters related to religious documents. Even a hundred years ago such cross-fertilization [...] Read more »
Paper Accepted for Synoptic Gospels Section at 2010 SBL
I’ve just been notified that my paper, “‘Lord LORD’: Jesus’ Use of the Divine Name in the Synoptics” has been accepted for the Synoptic Gospels Section at the 2010 SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta. I’m hoping to have this piece accepted into a journal by then, but I am very much looking forward to presenting [...] Read more »
New Book Release: “And God Said” by Joel Hoffman
Fellow blogger Dr. Joel Hoffman has announced his newest book, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning, which deals with some of the tricky aspects of Bible translation and the way that English translations often obscure the meaning of the ancient texts in their original context. Joel is an excellent writer; this [...] Read more »
Interview with Richard Hays of Duke University
I’m way late to the game on this (thanks to being busy with my real work and falling behind on my feeds), but it’s still worth posting: John Anderson has posted a wonderful interview with Duke NT professor Richard Hays, where Hays gives a lot of details about his background and influences. As a followup, [...] Read more »
Great Interview with Craig Keener by Nijay Gupta
Nijay Gupta has posted a two-part interview series with NT prof Craig Keener, author of the Romans commentary in the New Covenant Commentary Series (Cascade/Wipf & Stock) with some outstanding material. Part 1 is here and part 2 here. A couple dandy quotes: NKG: Based on your work on this commentary, can you give us [...] Read more »