Category: Weblog
On the Web (May 24, 2012)
On the web: Michael Bird excerpts Oscar Cullmann on poor biblical interpretation. Joel Willitts notes the discovery of a seal bearing the name “Bethlehem.” Chris Brady continues discussing character and motivation in Ruth. Rod Decker comments on a few Greek palindromes.
Metaxas Lecture on Bonhoeffer
Socrates in the City has made available Eric Metaxas’s April 9, 2010 lecture that digests his then newly released Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Thomas Nelson, 2010). After the introductory farce, the lecture proper commences at about 12:45. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/11208555 w=400&h=300] From the item’s Vimeo page, the lecture may be streamed and downloaded directly in MP4 and…
On the Web (May 22, 2011)
On the web: Matthew Montonini notes the updated location for this fall’s Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity Conference. Mike Aubrey considers some contemporary difficulties in receiving Stoic testimony about the Greek verbal system. Rafael Rodrodríguez discusses referential consistency in uses of the phrase “the historical Jesus.” Peter Williams and Simon Gathercole discuss faith…
Origin, Identity, and Mission
John 1:13 describes a group of individuals “who were not born from blood nor from a fleshly will nor from a husband’s will but from God” (οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλʼ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν). For John, being born “from blood” (ἐξ αἱμάτων), “from a fleshly will” (ἐκ…
Dan Wallace Comments on Recent Manuscript Discoveries
Via Michael Bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpWsgDMmaI
Homer and the Papyri
Charles Jones notes that Homer and the Papyri, first created by Professor Dana Sutton of the University of California, Irvine, is . . . published [online] in a second electronic edition. The new edition consists of a fully searchable relational database of Homeric papyri. For more details and to access the Homeric papyri database, please…