The latest edition of Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft has just been published, containing my latest article: "Altered Because of Transgressions? The 'Law of Deeds' in Gal 3,19a." The article examines the textual variants of Galatians 3:19a, particularly an intriguing example that may suggest the scribe of...
I'm pleased to pass along the news that my article, "Altered Because of Transgressions? The 'Law of Deeds' in Gal 3:19a," has been accepted for publication in the first 2015 edition of Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. Following is the article abstract: Although the textual variants of Gal...
As a teacher of religious studies, one thing that has stuck out to me during the recent Phil Robertson (the patriarch of the "Duck Dynasty" clan) controversy is the seeming ignorance regarding the source of several of the quotes attributed to Robertson. This article, for...
I recently (as in the spring of 2012; wow, this post has been in draft for awhile!) gave a guest lecture in Bart Ehrman's Introduction to New Testament and Early Christian Literature class. Bart periodically has his senior students give a lecture or two for experience...
I know I'm a bit late to the party here (teaching a summer course and doing home renovations have had me busy), but Timothy Gombis' "The Paul We Think We Know" in Christianity Today is worth the read. Gombis does an excellent job highlighting the...
I am pleased to report that my article, "What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with 'All Israel'? A Fresh Look at Rom 11:25–27" has (finally!) been published in the summer edition of the Journal of Biblical Literature. This article is a piece of a...
I stumbled across a post on TheGospelCoalition site the other day that left me shaking my head at how modern theological perspectives are capable of completely inverting the New Testament message they're ostensibly based upon. The post is "The Pitfall of Perfectionism," by Tullan Tchividjian,...
During my reading for preliminary exams (generally a frustrating exercise, given that I was forced to read lots of infuriating scholarship without the ability to respond to it anytime soon), one mistake came up surprisingly often in the literature: Pauline scholars—who of all people should...
Paul begins his letter to the Romans by introducing himself: Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, κλητὸς ἀπόστολος ἀφωρισμένος εἰς εὐαγγέλιον θεοῦ, "Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle set apart for the gospel of God ...
My wife and I make a practice of reading together every night before we go to bed. We've recently been going through the autobiography of George Müller—the guy who built several orphanages despite having no paycheck, never directly asking for money, and never going into...