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October 17, 2022
John the Baptist: Fit to Be Tied?
This started out as a collection of links, but I also want to float an...
October 13, 2022
Job Opportunities: Remote Research Positions, Sinai Manuscripts Digital Library
The Sinai Manuscripts Digital Library (SMDL) at the UCLA Library is currently hiring for several...
October 12, 2022
Isaac Augustine Morales, The Bible and Baptism
When I saw that Isaac Morales had just published a book with the title The Bible...
October 07, 2022
John and Jesus under Roman Occupation?
I am now settled in in Oxford continuing my research on John the Baptist. There...
October 01, 2022
Mary Magdalene (and other biblical towers)
I was disappointed by the commentary from Ian Paul and Ben Witherington on the subject...
September 2022
September 28, 2022
The Synoptic Problem: Beyond the Q-Farrer Impasse?
I have been reading Francis Watson's recent book What Is a Gospel? (not least because I...
September 26, 2022
The Global Faith And Media Study: A Progressive Christian Perspective
There is an exciting new Global Faith And Media Study that has been released, gathering...
September 21, 2022
Doug Cowan’s Latest Book, The Forbidden Body
I had the opportunity to read Doug Cowan's latest book The Forbidden Body before it was...
September 19, 2022
The Bible and Music at the Royal Funeral
I watched the Queen's funeral live this morning. In addition to having lived in the...
September 19, 2022
Mario Goes to College
As the school year begins, parents and educators are thinking about students shifting gears from...
September 15, 2022
Beholding Glory
Recent years have seen a lot of firsts for me, publishing my first short story...
September 13, 2022
Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers Digitized!
Great news from the Society of Biblical Literature! I suspect that every New Testament scholar...
September 09, 2022
Elizabeth the Palestinian?
A Palestinian-American comedian tweeted and then shared on Facebook this statement: "Elizabeth was a pious Palestinian...
September 08, 2022
The End of an Era: Queen Elizabeth II Has Died, Charles Becomes King
I heard the news of the death of the longest reigning monarch in British history,...
September 01, 2022
In the Footsteps of John the Baptist 7: Qumran and the Judean Wilderness
Qumran was the first major stop on this trip that I had been to on...
August 2022
August 29, 2022
Lost Gospels and Lost Doctor Who Episodes
I thought I should write a blog post comparing lost Gospels to lost Doctor Who...
August 24, 2022
Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Network Meeting November 2022 #CFP
I am sharing the following announcement that Geoff Smith shared on Facebook: We are pleased...
August 22, 2022
John the Baptist as a Mandaean Priest according to AI
I wasn't sure whether this should be in this post or my recent post about...
August 17, 2022
Revisiting Mythicism
It has been fascinating to revisit the topic of mythicism on the MythVision YouTube channel...
August 15, 2022
In the Footsteps of John the Baptist 6: Ein Kerem and the Birthplace and Wilderness of John
More highlights from my trip to the Holy Land. I drove to Ein Kerem, which...
August 10, 2022
Gospel Nudity
I'm worried that this post will be flagged on social media because of the title....
August 08, 2022
AI 2041 Panel at #SBLAAR22 (and a Conversation with #BlenderBot about Religion)
One of my appearances on the program of the American Academy of Religion conference in...
August 03, 2022
Bratislava Conference 2022 – Receptions of Paul during the First Two Centuries: Exploration of the Jewish Matrix of Early Christianity
I thought I should share this information about an upcoming online conference since there does...
August 01, 2022
In the Footsteps of John the Baptist 5: Pools of Bethesda and Siloam
Visiting two of the pools mentioned in the Gospel of John connected directly not just...
July 2022
July 25, 2022
In the Footsteps of John the Baptist Part 4: Samaria
Another first for me on my recent trip to the Holy Land was visiting Samaria....
July 21, 2022
Experiential Learning: The Axe is at the Root of the Tree
I blogged previously about what I learned about cherry-picking from the Bible by actually picking...
July 19, 2022
In the Footsteps of John the Baptist Part 3: Aenon near Salim
In many ways the most interesting stop on my trip to the Holy Land focused...
July 16, 2022
Who is the Founder of Progressive Christianity?
Rather than give "Jesus" as a one-word answer to the question of who founded progressive...
July 14, 2022
Blaming Bathsheba
First, in case you missed it, take a look at the wonderful Twitter thread by...
July 13, 2022
This Is How I Fight…Just Be Kind
Everything Everywhere All At Once is a very strange movie. It has a sheer silliness about...
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