I had a student provide this quote, supposedly from Acts 26:18, in an assignment: The first step of education is to have one’s eyes opened and be turned from darkness to light. I Googled it and found it has circulated quite widely online. But it doesn’t correspond to the meaning of the Greek text of Acts 26:18, although parts of it are based on it. And so I thought I would mention it here and see if anyone else has... Read more
Tom Verenna drew a new book to my attention, Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth. He has now written a very negative review of the volume. Although Richard Carrier is a contributor to the volume, and says that Tom’s review is too scathing, Carrier’s own review is not much less so. What he writes about the contributions to the volume by people like Rene Salm and Earl Doherty is absolutely priceless! On the subject of... Read more
Another insightful and challenging cartoon from David Hayward. Read more
Jeff Carter will host the next Biblical Studies Carnival, with the highlights from around the biblioblogs during May 2013. I expect it to contain anomalies galore. Read more
IO9 shared a variety of bits of test footage from auditions for parts in science fiction and superhero TV shows and movies. The bit of script that was used for Paul McGann’s audition to play the 8th Doctor includes some fascinating details, which never made it into the TV movie he starred in. Could any of them find their way back into the show at some point? Click through to see some of the others! Read more
I liked this Biblical parody of the well known meme-image that aims to infuriate nerds. It works just as well. If you are a Biblical scholar, or just someone who knows the Bible well, did it make your head explode? From Cake or Death Read more
Of course, there is a particularly famous visit of the Doctor to Utah, well known to Doctor Who fans. But I was referring to a visit in or before 5,000 BC, as per this rock painting: HT Joel Watts Read more
Cdbren, a young-earth creationist commenter who was caught engaging in dishonest practices on this blog a while back, has made a reappearance, this time to (among other things) complain about my focusing on chalk deposits like the famous White Cliffs of Dover as counter-evidence to young-earth creationism. But as commenter Ian pointed out, it is a case that gives young-earth creationism a wonderful opportunity to show whether or not it can use science to demonstrate the validity of its claims.... Read more
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