A student in my colleague’s class made a rap video about the Allegory of the Cave in Plato’s Republic. It is filmed on the Butler campus and features Butler students. Let me know what you think of it! Read more
A student in my colleague’s class made a rap video about the Allegory of the Cave in Plato’s Republic. It is filmed on the Butler campus and features Butler students. Let me know what you think of it! Read more
Ian posted this wonderful game idea on his blog, inspired by (among other things) the way fundamentalists deal with the diversity and contradictions within the Bible. If you play it, let me know – indeed, feel free to use the comments section here to play or at least start a game! There Are No Contradictions! (A Game for 3-6 Players) 3-6 players, ages 6+ Takes from 15 minutes to several hours. May be played face to face, by email or... Read more
If the Israelites crossed the Red Sea – or any body of water – in our day and age: HT Jim West Read more
Did Jesus foresee his own death coming and interpret it beforehand? The opinions on this tend to be divided largely into two camps: conservative Christians who will say “Of course Jesus knew, he was God,” and others, including historians, who will say that, while Jesus might well have suspected that he might meet a fate similar to his mentor John the Baptist, as a human being he wouldn’t have and couldn’t have known. I wonder whether there isn’t a third... Read more
I received a question in an e-mail that seemed worthy of a blog post rather than just a private response. The question was about the depiction in the Gospels of Jesus telling people to not simply follow him, but to take up their cross and follow him. One question is obviously whether Jesus can be envisaged as having uttered such words. But even for those who answer “yes” the question remains: what if anything would Jesus' hearers, prior to the... Read more
Thomas Brodie’s book Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery is in fact what the subtitle describes – a memoir of one individual scholar’s life and journey. It illustrates well that an academic career is not an isolated phenomenon, unaffected by the things that may be going on in the context we live and teach in – as Brodie had the opportunity to live, work, and teach in a wide array of national and cultural contexts.... Read more
Ancient World Online noted recently that a number of SBL Seminar Papers going back more than a decade have been made available online in pdf form. Mike Heiser mentioned this as well, sharing a list of some that he downloaded, and another rounding up papers on 1 Enoch. Read more
Via Jim West and Phil Long, I heard that Drewe, who is hosting this month’s Biblical Studies Carnival, has issued his last call for submissions. Please respond if you’ve read something this month that you think should be included! Read more
Several bits of humor have come my way all at once, and so I thought I should share them in a round-up. First, via The Lead I learned of this parody: March Madness Vatican Edition: Sweet Sistine! Michael Barber shared this Lutheran Satire video, the gameshow Choose Your Pope: Finally, on Facebook Brent Hege shared a gem of an application letter from a would-be pope. It is from one of those people eager to find employment and thus willing to... Read more
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