As others have noted, Tyler Williams has done an excellent job with the latest BSC, Vol. 13. Biblical Studies Carnival XIII Biblical Studies Carnival XIII Welcome to the thirteenth Biblical Studies Carnival! This edition marks one full year of Biblical Studies Carnivals (BSC) since they were resurrected in February 2006. […]
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Thank you Tyler for bringing this to light! This is abfab! Fighting Shevas OK, this is too funny. This Chris fellow made an animation illustrating a sheva fight (In Biblical Hebrew, when two shevas are found at the beginning of a word, the first sheva becomes a hireq). I will […]
From Arutz Sheva – Israel National News The world’s largest electronic collection of Torah literature is now available online – in Hebrew. The Bar Ilan University Responsa Project, launched in 1991 in its CD format, was recently uploaded to the Internet on a platform provided by C.D.I. Systems. (See http://www.responsa.co.il) […]
And they just posted this one and I felt compelled to repost it here with Jim in mind. Free Beethoven and Mozart Recordings via Podcast Courtesy of Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcasting service, you can fill your iPod at no cost with some exceptional classical music. We’d particularly encourage […]
Big hat tip to Jim West: The Gospel of Judas Re-Examined From the CBC story: Some scholars are refuting an interpretation of a 1,700-year-old document claiming to prove that Judas was a hero and not a villain. Craig Evans, a professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College in […]
My earlier post has generated a long discussion and now my brother has taken on this topic. He has gathered actual sound clips from Dawkins himself. It is an excellent podcast and I encourage anyone interested in this topic to hear what he has to say. Dawkins, God, and the […]
Dr. Jim West has the latest BS Biblical Studies Carnival. 🙂 For those new to this, it is a monthly roundup of all the biblioblogging of recent weeks. Jim’s is incredibly thorough and well annotated. Thanks for the good work Jim and for the mention! (Via Dr Jim West.)
And Crossley replies here. West reject Crossley’s suggestion that “that New Testament studies can be furthered by non believers.” But again, interpreting theological texts (and that is what the New Testament is) requires a theological mindset, just as interpreting mathematical texts requires a mathematical mindset. In other words, biblical interpretation […]
Any time you can use the phrase “Going Potty in the Ancient World” I think it is worth noting. Going Potty at Qumran: Evidence of Latrines Discovered (GPAT 4) A recent news release on Eureka Alert summarizes a forthcoming article in Revue de Qumran on a remote latrine site discovered […]
Jim West shares with us the news of the passing of a great scholar and gentleman. “Well done, good and faithful servant” is the phrase that comes to mind. May light perpetual shine upon him. The Sad News Of James Barr’s Death No one even remotely familiar with Biblical Studies […]