Yesterday one of the real lions of American, and indeed world jazz passed away only one day before his 92nd birthday— Dave Brubeck. Brubeck, along with his long time collaborator Paul Desmond is rightly credited for helping make jazz more accessible to audiences around the world, and especially in his early period is credited with being one of jazz’ great innovators. Certainly one of top five most influential jazz albums of my lifetime is ‘Time Out’ first issued in 1959,... Read more
The Cinderella Century in Early Christianity? by larryhurtado Chatting with a colleague yesterday, the importance of the second century CE came up, and we agreed that it’s a crucial period insufficiently taken account of in scholarship, at least in comparison with the massive attention given to the NT and even to later patristic times/figures/texts. Back in the 80s, there was a journal that ran for a number of years entitled The Second Century (which was re-founded as Journal of Early... Read more
Keener on Acts of the Apostles by larryhurtado Of the making of commentaries on biblical writings, there is much, increasingly so (it seems) in recent decades, often in various series, each with its own intended focus, readership, and approach. One of the most prolific writers of commentaries is Craig Keener, with hefty tomes on the Gospel of Matthew (1999), the Gospel of John (2 vols, 2003), and now the first of a 4-volume commentary on Acts of the Apostles: Acts:... Read more
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While describing the difference between Catholic and Calvinist soteriology, Peter Kreeft has said: “It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.” Kudos to Matt O’Reilly for finding this quote. Read more
Nestle-Aland 28 Has Appeared by larryhurtado Last Friday I gratefully received a copy of the 28th edition of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graecae. For the moment, other pressing duties (including writing a slew of reference letters for former PhD students) prevent me from much more than a quick persusal of the Introduction. But anytime there is a new Nestle-Aland, it’s news for NT scholars (and especially textual-critic geeks such me). So, for now, a brief notice of some of the... Read more
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