Ricky Carvel explains why he finds Richard Bauckham’s book about supposed eyewitnesses behind the canonical Gospels, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels As Eyewitness Testimony, unpersuasive.

Mark Goodacre shared a link to an article about UNC creating a “Department of Irreligion.” My favorite part was actually a bit tagged on at the end, stating that Bart Ehrman will be cancelling the remained of his book tour for his book Forged, since he no longer feels certain about who wrote it.  In [...]

Although it is April 1st, there are still serious things going on around the blogosphere. Exploring Our Matrix came in first in the Biblioblog Top 10 ranked by vote, and #4 in the Top 50 based on Alexa ranking. Thanks to everyone who voted and visited! In keeping with custom, Daniel McClellan has not simply [...]

I am delighted to be able to share the breaking news that a group of scholars, led by Prof. Herrmann U. Tichs of the University of Nirgendwo, has managed to crack the code on the lead plates that have recently been in the news, and has offered an initial transcription and translation. The text, if they have [...]

I’ve had another paper I proposed accepted, this one for the Session on the Proliferation of Sessions about the Proliferation of Sessions at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings. Here is the title and abstract: Title: Why the proposed requirement that the entirety of one’s paper be expressible, as regards its principle subject matter, [...]