I am delayed in posting this. A great man has passed. Well done, good and faithful servant. Novum Testamentum Blog » Bruce Metzger’s Passing The esteemed New Testament scholar, Bruce Manning Metzger, passed away yesterday. Metzger, who was born in 1914, has contributed significantly to NT studies and textual criticism […]
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Two weeks ago a very kind review of my book came out in RBL and I commented on it at the time. I also pointed out another review that I mentioned here. Earlier last year another review was printed in the Journal for the Study of Judaism, XXXVII, 1 by […]
Tyler Williams at Codex reports on the Religious Studies Review: Religion and the Internet I just received the latest edition of the Religious Studies Review (Volume 32, number 4, October 2006), which is a special issue on Religion and the Internet edited by Christopher Helland. The volume highlights and evaluates […]
Over at Ralph the Sacred River Ed Cook wonders where this mis-translation of TgPsJ t Gen 4 comes from. I notice that it is common to quote the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan to Genesis 4:1 as Mahlon Smith does at his website, where we find this translation: And Adam knew that his […]
The following email should have arrived the other day to all SBL members. I also wanted specifically to remind folks about the Aramaic Studies Session. We hope to have two sections, one focusing upon Aramaic texts/issues relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Propose your paper now and avoid the rush! […]
Thanks to Jim W. for bringing this to our attention. ————————————————– The Jesus Seminar Squared In an attempt to move beyond the work of the Jesus Seminar, which debated the acts and words of Jesus, a new project will attempt to discuss and debate whether Jesus really existed or not. […]
Thanks Tyler! Great work. Biblical Studies Carnival – Best of 2006 Biblical Studies Carnival – Best of 2006 Welcome to the Biblical Studies Carnival Best of 2006 post. In what I hope will become an annual event, this special edition of the Biblical Studies Carnival will showcase some of the […]
Historical fiction that is at least not pretending to be anything other than fiction. Disgraced author aims to defend Judas – Yahoo! News LONDON – Author Jeffrey Archer, who was cast out of Britain’s Conservative Party after being jailed on perjury charges, is coming to the defense of another noted […]