One of the surprises waiting for me when I got back from SBL was that the cover design for my forthcoming book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Contexthad been finished. Here’s what it is going to look like: The fireworks on the cover are not, to my knowledge, intended to [...]

Most of the phishing attempts and scam e-mails I warn people about are not hard to spot as such. But here’s one that could just be mistaken for an authentic e-mail by someone who doesn’t look at it closely enough. The key for realizing this is an attempt to get your account info rather than [...]

I’ve been unable to blog much while I was away at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Boston. Now that I’m back, there’s a lot to catch up on… First, some did manage to blog from (and about) SBL. Chris Heard provides a day by day account of his experiences on Saturday, Sunday and [...]