EuangelionFor those of you stuck at home, either under quarantine, or because classes are canceled, here are my tips for what to read, watch, and listen:
Book: Scot McKnight and Nijay Gupta, The State of New Testament Studies. I can’t emphasize enough what a tremendously helpful volume this is. I specialize in Synoptics and Paul’s letters, with a few forays into Luke-Acts and 2 Peter/Jude. So this book tells me what is happening in the parts of the discipline that I am not aware of. Terrific essays by Rodney Reeves (Matthew), Josh Jipp (Luke-Acts), and Dana Harris (Greek).
Book: Ross Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, this is a great biography of the famous American founding father that inspired Lin Manuel’s smash hit musical, quite a good read.
Book: William Webb and Gordon Oeste, Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric? Wrestling with Troubling War Texts, a terrific volume wrestling with how Christians read the OT texts about war, violence, and inter-tribal conflict in the ancient near east.
Theology/Bible/Christianity Podcasts: So many to choose from. I reckon the best ones are NT Review, OnScript, and Ask NT Wright Anything, but mentions in despatches for Church Grammar, Undeceptions, Theology in the Raw, Split Frame of Reference, Disruptors, Where Do We Go From Here.
Cooking: Smashed avocado with poached eggs. Cannellini soup, it is so easy and delicious. Homemade buffalo wings are always a hit.
You.Tube: I did a great panel discussion at SEBTS about ecclesiology. Also recommended is Jorg Frey The Spiritual Gospel. From Kings and Generals is the short doco The Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan.
Other Podcasts: On politics and culture, I LOVE Quilette and Spiked, for history, it is Revolutions, History of WWII, History of Byzantium, and History of Yugoslavia.
Movies: The Two Popes, but steer clear of The Young Pope TV series.
TV Shows: Man in the High Castle.
Audio Books: New Testament in its World.
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