Eerdmans Summer and Fall Books

Last updated on: June 28, 2009 at 10:56 pm By Nijay Gupta

Eerdmans has recently updated their ‘coming soon‘ section of their website. They have their book releases now from July to October (in the run up to SBL, no doubt!). Here are some interesting items Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (July) – Douglas Campbell In this scholarly book Douglas Campbell pushes beyond both “Lutheran” and “New” perspectives on Paul to a noncontractual, “apocalyptic” reading of many of the apostle’s most famous—and most troublesome—texts. Campbell holds that... Read more

Notes on Ephesians commentaries

Last updated on: June 24, 2009 at 8:35 am By Nijay Gupta

In the last couple of months I have been doing some research in Ephesians. This is an exciting letter to study, not only for its robust theology, but also because of its history of scholarship. There are still so many mysteries (!) in this letter – its purpose, setting, authorship, thesis statement, etc… I am still awaiting a convincing argument for what this letter is really all about! Nevertheless, there are many good resources and I will briefly share my... Read more

Greg Beale leaving Wheaton? Biblical Studies chair vacancy…

Last updated on: June 22, 2009 at 7:51 am By Nijay Gupta

UPDATE: Beale is leaving for Westminster Theological Seminary. In an interview, he talks about ‘coming home’ theologically when he thinks about his move to WTS. He also feels this is a good time to go to WTS in light of recent events there (which seems to be in relation to Peter Enns). There will, no doubt, be discussions about how this move will affect the direction that WTS is going in (as in securing its convervative positions). I am interested... Read more

Review of G.D. Fee’s Galatians Commentary (Part II)

Last updated on: June 19, 2009 at 9:00 am By Nijay Gupta

In the earlier part, I simply introduced the commentary by Fee. Now I will press on to comment on the content and theological perspective of Fee’s excellent commentary. On introductory issues, Fee has little to say. He favors the Southern Galatians view just slightly (with the mentioning of Barnabas being the tipping factor). More controversially, Fee places Galatians between the writing of 2 Cor. and Romans – for a number of reasons, but it includes the close relationship between Romans... Read more

New Expository Times issue

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 1:07 pm By Nijay Gupta

July 2009 – see HERE. In the new ExT issue, there is an interesting article by David Sim on the history of the interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel. Here is the abstract (the title is: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW): The Gospel of Matthew, the most influential Gospel in the ancient Christian Church, has lost its primary position in the modern world. It has been replaced by John as the most popular Gospel, and it is challenged... Read more

Review of G.D. Fee’s Galatians Commentary (Part I)

Last updated on: June 15, 2009 at 11:46 am By Nijay Gupta

Gordon Fee is not someone that I expect that I need to introduce to most of my readers. His work on the Holy Spirit, textual criticism (and NT exegesis in general), Philippians, 1 Corinthians, the Pastoral Epistles, and ecclesiology is well-known. Most recently, he penned a mammoth volume on Paul’s Christology, a work that will likely be a standard reference tool on that subject for years to come. We are fortunate to have a new commentary on Galatians (Pentecostal Commentary... Read more

Festschrift for EP Sanders

Last updated on: June 12, 2009 at 9:58 pm By Nijay Gupta

I just came across the new FS for EP Sanders (See HERE). Contributors include: Fabian E. Udoh, D. Moody Smith, E. P. Sanders, Jouette M. Bassler, Shaye J.D. Cohen, Albert I. Baumgarten, Cynthia M. Baker, Israel J. Yuval, Martin Goodman, Eric M. Meyers, Jürgen Zangenberg, Seán Freyne, Peter Richardson, Adele Reinhartz, Paula Fredriksen, Stephen Hultgren, John P. Meier, Craig C. Hill, Heikki Räisänen, Richard B. Hays, Stanley K. Stowers, John M. G. Barclay. Quite a list of who’s who in... Read more

Regent College Summer Courses (2009)

Last updated on: June 12, 2009 at 7:00 am By Nijay Gupta

One of my supervisors, John Barclay, told me that he was going to be teaching a course over the summer at Regent College. I decided to take a peek at what this summer programme was all about. In fact, there are several eminent scholars lined up to teach intensive courses. Check it out HERE. John Barclay on Paul’s theology of grace. Paul Barnett on Romans Paul Helm on John Calvin Bruce Waltke on Judges and Ruth Mark Knoll on the... Read more

I LOVE lulu.com (for self-publishing needs)!

Last updated on: June 11, 2009 at 11:13 pm By Nijay Gupta

www.lulu.com is a self-publishing company that allows anyone to print up and sell their own book. They even offer assistance (for extra $$$) in marketing your book on amazon.com. Its easy – just upload the pdf of your book that you wrote. When it comes to cover design, you can simply upload your own cover jpeg file. Or, they have a cover-designer with some really nice free stuff. Then you choose elements like hard- or soft-cover and the size of... Read more

British NT Conference paper accepted

Last updated on: June 11, 2009 at 4:49 pm By Nijay Gupta

The paper will be given in the Hermeneutics seminar (my second year giving a paper there). Here is the title and abstract: Mirroring-Reading Paraenesis and Moral Discourses in an Ancient Letter: Sexual Immorality in Romans and 1 Thessalonians as Test-cases Over twenty years ago, Prof. John M.G. Barclay wrote a seminal article (JSNT 31: 73-93) on the important subject of ‘Mirror–Reading a Polemical Letter’. Barclay demonstrated concern for how scholars reconstructed the nature and arguments of presumed opponents (especially in... Read more