The “summer” issue of Word & World (published 9/2019) is on Romans.  Some of the contributors are: Mark Reasoner (Lament Psalms in Romans) Arland Hultgren (the Christians in Rome) Beverly Gaventa (We/They/All language in Romans) And it’s FREE! Read more

I am excited to announce that the book The State of New Testament Studies (Baker Academic) is coming out in about a month, edited by Scot McKnight and myself (Nijay). In anticipation of the release (Nov 5, 2019), I thought I would do some short profiles of and interviews with a handful of our contributors to whet your appetite for the book! Rebekah Eklund, Loyola University Maryland Dr. Eklund wrote her essay for SNTS on “Jesus of Nazareth” (the state of... Read more

I am launching a new blog series called: “Theology is Green.” This series will be about why Christians should care about cultivating, caring for, and saving the planet. Truth be told, I used to care little—really not at all—about the earth. But, especially over the last fifteen years, I have turned around on this subject. Yes, some of my habits have changed (I have an electric bicycle now!), but also my attitude towards God, God’s world, and God’s creatures, and... Read more

My friends Ben Blackwell, John Goodrich, and Jason Maston have been editing a great series in the last few years: Reading Romans in Context, Reading Mark in Context, and now—Reading Revelation in Context. I was honored to contribute to the first two volumes (Romans, Mark), and so I have first hand knowledge of how helpful these books are. But I will say—now that I have been able to peruse the Revelation volume—that this seems to me to be the most important... Read more

Confession: I really don’t like study Bibles all that much. They are bulky and awkward. The notes can feel random and incomplete sometimes. So, I don’t tend to follow which new ones are coming out. But when Baylor announced their Baylor Annotated Study Bible with Bill Bellinger and Todd Still in the editorial roles, I took interest. Yesterday, I got the BASB in the mail, so I thought I would share some of my thoughts. First, it is nicely designed, big... Read more

Craig Keener (Asbury Seminary) has a new book out called Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels (Eerdmans, 2019). Dr. Keener was kind enough to answer some questions about his new work. Q1: How did you become interested in studying and discussing the genre of the Gospels in depth for this book?  CK: Maybe around 1980 Ben Aker, one of my undergraduate professors, taught a course on special hermeneutics, using a textbook by Grant Osborne. I wasn’t in that class, but... Read more

If you would like a free copy of my new book, Prepare, Succeed, Advance (Second Edition 2019), enter the contest to win. Rules: In the comment section, post a question for me about doctoral studies, research, the biblical studies guild (etc.)—I will do a Q & A post later on. Also, follow me on Twitter (or acknowledge in the comment that you already do) Anyone can ask a question, but I can only mail this copy within the USA. Note... Read more

It’s not a commentary. It’s not a basic introduction. So what is it? It is a critical guide to the key issues in the study of a particular NT book. About seven years ago, Mike Bird approached me with this project. He inspired me to do two things: (1) research and write this volume on the level of something in the Anchor-Yale reference series and (2) read every academic writing on 1-2 Thess in English written after 1984 (and the... Read more