I came across an advert for a very exciting forthcoming book from Zondervan: Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology (out in November, I think). The question is – who are the four scholars? Overall, they chose well. Walter Kaiser – A Principlizing model Daniel M. Doriani – A Redemptive-Historical model Kevin Vanhoozer – A Drama-of-Redemption model William Webb – A Redemptive-Movement model Aside from being a good debate overall, this is one of the most critical issues... Read more
I have decided to try and blog through my experience teaching NT Greek (for the sixth time!). Though I have developed some habits and systems for how I teach Greek, I always want to be refining my teaching. I may not post on every week’s worth of material, but I want to blog enough that I can offer ongoing advice and I can also get some advice now and again. So – the first class (which will be Oct 5):... Read more
Probably one of the most useful things I have done on my blog, as others have told me, is conduct interviews with young scholars who have published their phd theses with monograph series. To make these interviews easily available, you will notice that they appear on the right sidebar of the blog under the master heading of monograph series. I still need to add one or two more, as interviews come in, but you have here the biggies. Someone has... Read more
First, you will notice in the title of this blogpost I said ‘mail’ and not ‘post’ – this is part of my re-integration into the American language. Ok, so, I was indeed delighted to get a thicker book-package in the mail. And, as I was expecting, it was Gordon Fee’s new First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians in the Eerdmans NICNT series (edited by Fee!). The book is well over 300 pages, but it still appears slim for a... Read more
I am pleased to announce that I have a new article in Restoration Quarterly (vol. 51, Num. 3, 2009) entitled: ‘Towards a Set of Principles for Identifying and Interpreting Metaphors in Paul: Prosagoge (Romans 5:2) as a Test Case’ (pp. 169-181). In my highest hopes, I wanted to do for metaphors and hermeneutics what Hays has done with allusions/echoes by developing diagnostic tools to sharpen the discussion. I will never reach that goal, but this is a very critical area... Read more
Redefining First-Century Jewish and Christian Identities: Essays in Honor of Ed Parish Sanders (eds. F.E. Udoh et al., Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2009). I really enjoy the idea of Festschriften and often essays devoted to a particular topic can be very useful for scholarship (as it often brings together world-class scholars who want to honor a retiring mentor or colleague). It is hardly debatable that Ed Sanders has influenced biblical scholarship in many ways. Thus, when I saw this... Read more
I have received lots of positive feedback from my posts of interviews with those who have published in the top 5-6 monograph series for New Testament. To fulfill a special request, I will also be posting soon an interview with a researcher who published with the Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Are there other high-class series that I have missed? I have tossed around the idea of tracking down someone with Peeters and also Peter Lang. I have not been very... Read more
We have completely cleaned out our flat in Durham and we leave England in less than 12 hours. We don’t know when we can manage to return again…. We will be in Ohio for the next year. If any of you readers – students, professors, armchair theologians – are passing through or are nearby Ashland, let’s have a coffee. I’m sure I will be back online again in a few days if not sooner! Read more
JSNT has its Sept issue online and it has a couple of interesting pieces on Paul. Read more
Chris Beetham was kind enough to offer his thoughts on publishing with Brill’s Biblical Interpretation Series (BInS) on the use of Scripture in Colossians. Echoes of Scripture in the Letter of Paul to the Colossians (2008). 1. Thanks for doing this Chris. I see you studied at Wheaton. How was your experience there? My experience at Wheaton College Graduate School was fantastic. I matriculated in the fall of 2002, which was actually the first year that the new PhD program... Read more
Crux Sola: Formed by Scripture to Live like Christ
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In