Here’s a lecture by Pamela Eisenbaum entitled “The Paul I Know: A Jewish Evaluation”: HT Bruce Prescott Read more
Here’s a lecture by Pamela Eisenbaum entitled “The Paul I Know: A Jewish Evaluation”: HT Bruce Prescott Read more
Here’s a song that I have always loved, from an album and a band most people have never heard of. I bought it back in 1988 when it came out, based only on the name of the band and the album cover, and have always been glad I did so. Here’s “Tomorrow Never Comes” by Prophet: If you like that, you’ll also enjoy this music video of their song “Sound of a Breaking Heart” which shows the band in all... Read more
Mike Kok has been blogging about the Secret Gospel of Mark lately, and he has reached the conclusion of his series and draws some balanced and persuasive conclusions as a result. Click through, take a look, and let me know what you think! Read more
SMBC has a great comic strip about “teaching the controversy.” Click through to read it. HT Hemant Mehta Read more
A very ancient papyrus document, featuring a psalm in Coptic which has been variously proposed to be Christian, Jewish, or Manichaean, is due to by auctioned by Christie’s. Alin Suciu has more information on his blog, as well as a call for some institution to purchase it and ensure that it remains available for scholarly study. Click through to read more. Read more
Just as there is a lot of great orchestral, symphonic and chamber music that deserves to be more widely know, there are a lot of songs by well-known (and not so well known) artists on their albums but which were never released as singles, and so are not as widely known as they perhaps deserve to be. Here’s one example: “The Working Hour” by Tears for Fears, from their album Songs from the Big Chair which included hits like “Everybody... Read more
I have focused in my listening and reading on actual episodes of the Doctor Who television series, or novelizations thereof. But I think the time has come for me to branch off into other audiobooks. You see, I’ve just learned that there is a story about the Doctor visiting the Council of Nicaea! Apparently Arius is depicted as the hero of the story… As someone interested in the intersection of religion and Doctor Who, I’m absolutely going to have to... Read more
Via hoping for redemption Read more
David Hayward posted the above cartoon today. When I first saw the priest bringing the hands of the Bible and the question mark together, I thought it was depicting a wedding. A closer look showed the boxing gloves and whistle. I love that the cartoon has overtones of both – and of course, being married and fighting are not mutually exclusive! The Bible contains questions, and raises questions, and so any suggestion that there is an inherent opposition between the... Read more
The 2012 Conference “Jesus, Criteria and the Demise of Authenticity” will be held October 4th and 5th 2012 in Dayton, Ohio. The co-hosts are United Theological Seminary and the University of Dayton’s Center for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, and Doctrine. The conference, as many will know, was originally supposed to be held at Lincoln Christian University. Christopher Skinner, Matthew Montonini and Mark Goodacre have blogged about this already. Sorry for being so late! The book that will be published with the papers... Read more
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