Category: Weblog
On the Web (October 18, 2011)
On the web: Matthew Montonini locates an archive of C. K. Barrett lectures at Asbury Seminary. Robert Woods responds to Paul Gottfried, supplementing Jason Jewell’s earlier response. Tommy Wasserman argues for the originality of the phrase υἱοῦ θεοῦ (son of God) in Mark 1:1 (HT: Mark Batluck). Tim Gombis comments on Rom 3:27 as presenting different…
Bulletin for Biblical Research 21.3
The latest issue of the Bulletin for Biblical Research arrived in yesterday’s mail and includes: Andrew Malone, “Distinguishing the Angel of the Lord” Richard Hess, “The Seventy Sevens of Daniel 9: A Timetable for the Future?” Craig Keener, “Otho: A Targeted Comparison of Suetonius’s Biography and Tacitus’s History, with Implications for the Gospels’ Historical Reliability” Jason Hood,…
On the Web (October 15, 2011)
On the web: Larry Hurtado discusses the “staurogram.” Jason Jewell considers Paul Gottfried’s recent article on the “Death of the Classics.” Rod Decker notes an erratum in BDF. Mike Aubrey survey’s G. B. Winer’s Greek Grammar (English trans., 1825). LibreOffice announces a prototype web application version. Amazon releases some key updates for how Kindle 3 and 4 handle…
On the Web (October 12, 2011)
On the web: Michael Bird and Marc Cortez discuss comments from D. A. Carson and Tim Keller about confessionalism. Mark Goodacre discusses “The Walking, Talking Cross in the Gospel of Peter.” Brian LePort identifies some favorite scholar-bloggers and solicits thoughts about other academics who might be engaging to have in the biblioblogosphere. Tim Gombis comments on an excerpt…
Learning a Proverb from a Pagan
Earlier this semester in Exploring Religion, we discussed Cicero’s On the Nature of the Gods, and one paragraph particularly struck me as an apt illustration of Qoheleth’s advice that עת לחשות ועת לדבר (Eccl 3:7b; there is a time to be silent, and there is a time to speak): When Cotta had spoken, Velleius said, ‘It was indeed…
On the Web (October 7, 2011)
On the web: Larry Hurtado discusses scholarly amnesia in Pauline Studies. Charles Jones mentions Poorly Attested Words in Ancient Greek, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, and Digital Medievalist. The Biblical Archaeology Review has launched a new website about the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Why They Matter (HT: Jim Davila). The…