Brian Renshaw has the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. Brian Small has Hebrews Highlights for the month. Phillip Long is looking for a volunteer to host the last carnival of the year (to be posted at the start of next year). Read more
Brian Renshaw has the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. Brian Small has Hebrews Highlights for the month. Phillip Long is looking for a volunteer to host the last carnival of the year (to be posted at the start of next year). Read more
When I went to see the musical “Amazing Grace” recently, I found myself thinking about the multiple tunes to which the words have been sung (the most usual tune associated with the lyrics isn’t the ‘original’ tune). We’ve sung it in church to the tune of “Peaceful Easy Feeling” by the Eagles, with an added chorus. There is also the more familiar version to the tune of “House of the Rising Sun.” And there is also a version by Chris... Read more
Today’s Speed Bump cartoon. Read more
This is how we dress for meetings on October 31th at Butler University. I liked that the redshirt t-shirt had a warning label on the back: Read more
Torrey Seland mentioned on his blog that the app for the upcoming AAR/SBL conference is available on the Apple store. There is a notice in the app that it is not yet in its final form, as data is still being added. So it is up to you whether to download it now, or wait for them to finish. But I thought I should mention it. Read more
Via George Takei on Facebook. Read more
Over the past several weeks I’ve been reading Richard Carrier’s book, On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt, which The Bible and Interpretation kindly sent me a copy of, asking me to provide them with a review. It soon became clear to me that a single review with an overview of the book, however useful, would inevitably fail to do justice to the many important details, worthy of detailed discussion in their own right. To that... Read more
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