I never knew that there was a song about theologians until very recently, when Salman Hameed shared this video for the song “Theologians” by the band Wilco on his blog: Read the lyrics online. Read more
I never knew that there was a song about theologians until very recently, when Salman Hameed shared this video for the song “Theologians” by the band Wilco on his blog: Read the lyrics online. Read more
Here’s another audio podcast with screen capture from a class I taught. This is actually the first half of a class period, the second half of which was on the Psalms and which I shared yesterday. Read more
I thought for sure that there must be some good bits of humor out there related to Chick-fil-A (sorry, I meant “chicken restaurant that must not be named”), given the current controversies. But the web’s offerings were surprisingly few – barely an extra-small fries’ worth. But then I found the coupon below on a site called “Chick-fil-A Foundation”, which I think is actually from months ago, which seems like it is worth circulating now: There is also another coupon on... Read more
Ever since the hubbub about Chick-fil-A started, I’ve been looking for a way to work in a Spaceballs reference. And so I am glad to have found a way to do so, even if the connection may only become apparent later in the post. Today is both Chick-fil-A protest day and Chick-fil-A appreciation day. I am troubled by this. I completely support those who want to communicate their strong objection to Dan and/or Truett Cathy’s giving of money to organizations... Read more
Above is the screen capture and audio from a class I taught as part of my course on the Bible, initially focusing on apocalyptic literature (and in particular the Book of Daniel), and moving from there to the Judaism of Jesus’ time. Read more
I will be working through some screen and audio captures I made during my class on the Bible a while back, looking to see whether some or all of it may be useful when I teach a version of that course online next summer, as well as perhaps for students taking the course during the regular semester. Here’s the first upload, which is from half a class session on the Psalms. Feedback is appreciated! Read more
I thought this was a clever parody of the Christian rhetoric about a “war on Christmas.” HT Star Foster on Facebook Read more
Two bloggers I read regularly posted about Rudolf Bultmann today, the anniversary of his death on July 30th, 1976. One offered appreciations, the other posted a rather ridiculous denigration that made me suspect the person writing it has never read Bultmann for himself. Bultmann is famous – and in some circles infamous – for his writings about demythologization, i.e. the view that the New Testament writings reflect a mythological (that is, pre-scientific) view of the world, and that since no... Read more
My book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context is now at long last available in paperback! My first author's copy arrived a few days ago, and it now shows up on Amazon.com as available. Click the link above for more details. Some of you have been waiting a long time for this. The moment has finally arrived! Here's photographic evidence, for those who need that sort of thing… Read more
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NEH Award Funds Commentary on the Mandaean Book of John
The NEH has issued a press release, and so presumably it is OK to announce publicly that the NEH has awarded a grant for the second stage of our project on the Mandaean Book of John, to add a commentary to the translation and Mandaic text that resulted from our past two years of work. Charles Haberl of Rutgers University is taking over as project director. April DeConick is also part of our team, as is Steve Caruso. Between us... Read more