It is nearly 1 am and I am trying to write up some responses for a video interview. *ugh* But I am keeping up the juices with some good ol’ King’s X! Man, I have not listened to this in a LONG time. For those not in the know, this […]
Christian Brady
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Today’s Gospel reading (in the Book of Common Prayer was from Luke 13.1-9. The final portion reads: Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See […]
I have been debating about sharing work in progress on the blog. A group of us discussed it at this year’s SBL (podcast here) and most seemed to feel that publishers wouldn’t mind at that it would be a good way to get feedback from others in the field. So […]
One of the podcasts I listen to regularly from the BBC is called the NOW Show. It is a semi-regular news comedy program (think “Daily Show” on a weekly basis; NOW= News Of the Week). This week they had a piece about the Jesus Tomb special. Very special. I have […]
In my review of Bart Ehrman’s talk I linked to a post at “Evangelical Textual Criticism” reporting a new ending to Mark. Well, it turns out that the report was alse. From the BYU site: A story, entitled “Mysteries of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed,” originating in The Daily Universe, and […]
This past weekend my brother-in-law pulled a black case out of the basement. There, neatly organized into its separate compartments, was the Mac SE (OS 7.0.1) that I had lent him when E and I had gotten married and headed to England. It had a USC (So. Carolina) sticker on […]
I am trying out a different template, more like the three column that I had before I upgraded WP to 2.1. Let me know what you think. There are three different colors for the header and will rotate through. Let me know which colors you prefer and which are abhorrent […]
The Numbers Guy Carl Bialik examines the way numbers are used, and abused. March 8, 2007, 10:08 pm The Lost Tomb of Jesus? My column this week explores the controversy over an estimate of the probability that a tomb found in Jerusalem contains the remains of the family of Jesus […]
The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em… March 8, 2007 If You Can’t Beat ‘Em… Nicola Pratt, a lecturer in international relations at the University of East Anglia, in England, tells The Guardian that she was once one of those “disgruntled” academics who berate students for using […]
Craig Evans has posted an updated guest blog at Deinde on the Talpiot tomb. It is the best concise summary of the problems I have read so far and the update even includes reference to Dr. Kirkland’s interpretation of the chevron and circle. The Tomb of Jesus and Family? Second […]