Author: J. David Stark
Donnerstag Digest (August 12, 2010)
This week in the blogosphere: Baker acquires Hendrickson’s academic arm (HT: Nijay Gupta and Rod Decker). Larry Hurtado rightfully lauds and recommends careful attention to Harry Gable’s Books and Readers in the Early Church. Cynthia Nielsen continues her discussion of interconnections between Joerg Rieger and Frederick Douglass with a post about duality in identity construction.…
Waving Goodbye
In the past few weeks, I had thought of what might be a pedagogically helpful application for Google Wave. I had all but decided to experiment with it in a course assignment, but on Wednesday, Google announced that it would not “continue developing Wave as a standalone product” but would, over time, “extend the technology…
Dearman, Hosea (NICOT)
The Book of Hosea, written by Andrew Dearman for the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series, has been released. Dearman is Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Houston extension. Some of the endorsements for Dearman’s volume include: Dearman’s commentary provides the most recent deep engagement with the ancient text of Hosea…
Donnerstag Digest (August 5, 2010)
This week in the biblioblogs: Christopher Skinner points out an interview with Simon Gathercole about the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas. Cynthia Nielsen provides part one of a series on Joerg Rieger, Frederick Douglass, and the myth of individualism. John Meade discusses the Peshitta’s reading of Acts 16:34. Jeff Oien, Robert Jimenez,…
Biblical Studies Carnival (July, 2010)
As promised, Jim West’s revival of the Biblical Studies Carnival has begun. HT: Mark Goodacre.
Biblioblog Top 50 (July, 2010)
Jeremy Thompson has July’s Biblioblog Top 50 available. Jim West and Joel Watts again take the top two spots respectively. The top ten student biblioblogs are: Student Overall Author(s) Blog Alexa Score 1 8 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 224909 2 9 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 228817 3 11 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People…