What would you say are the top ten German works in New Testament studies that should be translated into English? I’m thinking particularly of classic works. Top of my head, these come to mind: Adolf Jülicher, Die Gleichnisreden Jesu. H.J. Holtzmann, Die Synoptischen Evangelien. Adolf Schlatter, Der Glaube im Neuen Testament. Martin Hengel, Jesus und das Judentum Read more

Tom Wright begins his new book How God Became King with a set of provocative questions: But what about the question in the middle–my question? Why did Jesus live? What, in other words, about the bit between the stable and the cross?  . . .  Did it matter that, according to the four gospels, he had a short period of intense and exciting public activity at the latter end of his life? What truth could we learn from it? Why... Read more

Here’s a list of the short papers offered in the afternoons of the St. Andrews conference. There are some very interesting topics. And a number of friends are participating which is a bonus. This conference is going to be a feast. My brain is going to hurt so bad after all this scholarship. (more…) Read more

The week of July 10-14 the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews will hold their conference on Scripture and Theology. This year’s theme is Galatians. Here’s the conference program. Looks to be an excellent conference with some very heave hitters! (more…) Read more

Earlier this year I signed a contract for a new book project. The working title is Jesus, the Messiah, Son of David: The Davidic Christology of the New Testament. It will be published by Eerdmans sometime within the next decade hopefully. The book will trace the important, although severely neglected, Davidic theme through the whole New Testament. Canonically, Davidic Christology forms an inclusio around the whole New Testament (Matt 1:1; Rev 22:16). From beginning to end the New Testament is... Read more

Is it me, or are the underlying tensions in the Southern Baptist Convention about Calvinism beginning to get a little more … tense? The election of Frank Page to the SBC presidency a few years ago gave some currency to the anti-Calvinist camp. I’ve noticed that in the last few years that Broadman & Holman is producing a lot of Arminian and Dispensationalist books with only a few token Reformed pieces like Jim Hamilton’s book God’s Indwellling Presence. More recently, a group... Read more

Sadly I won’t be at ETS/IBR/SBL this year due to medical advice to take a year off international travel. But over at Cheese-Wearing Theology, Amanda MacInnis is encouraging women to attend ETS much as I did last year. She relates her own experiences of ETS attendance. She writes: It was awesome! So many scholars! So many ideas! So many books! Joining in on the fray as well is Leslie Keeney at the Ruthless Monk, and she says that she is... Read more

Dr. Paul Barnett, NT scholar and former Anglican bishop of North Sydney, is blogging at this site. Paul is an expert on 2 Corinthians and has written several book on the beginnings of Christianity. He’s been blogging on topics as diverse as Luke, Paul, and Revelation. Read more

According to Beverly Gaventa of Princeton Theological Seminary: “Those who claim that they are ‘spiritual’ but not ‘religious’ will find no comfort in Acts 2, which ends in church.” HT: Jim West. Read more

Keep your diaries open on for Thursday 14th of June, because in Australia, in all the major capital cities, there will be a book launch for Sexegesis: An Evangelical Response to Five Uneasy Pieces on Homosexuality. It is edited by Gordon Preece (ETHOS) and Michael Bird (Crossway College). Contributors include Peter Adam, Paul Barnett, Denise Cooper-Clarke, Michael Bird, Sarah Harris, Barry McGrath, Katy Smith, Gordon Preece, and Lindsay Wilson. Why “Sexegesis” you ask? Because exegesis should be sexy and when... Read more