2012-02-16T15:04:46-05:00

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 at 3:04 pm   By

Students of the Bible learn about the Documentary Hypothesis, the view that the Pentateuch was put together using multiple earlier written sources, traditionally identified using the abbreviations JEPD. Sometimes challenges have been raised to such source criticism on the grounds that varying the way one refers to God is quite common within unified religious traditions and their musical expression of their faith. For me, the strongest support for the Documentary Hypothesis’ distinction between sources based on different ways of referring... Read more

2012-02-16T12:41:09-05:00

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 at 12:41 pm   By

At $2.99 my book The Burial of Jesus is probably well within the realm of the affordable for most people. But if you’d prefer to have a copy for free, then Joel Watts will be giving away three copies. Click through for details! Read more

2012-02-16T12:15:51-05:00

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 at 12:15 pm   By

Jen McCreight posted on her blog about someone who gave thanks for having passed an exam, and expressed gratitude for prayers offered on their behalf. Jen made several comments, among which this seemed to me the most interesting: Seriously, if God really is the reason that some students were doing well, they should be expelled. A supreme deity isn’t enrolled in school, you are. If they’re altering your grades, that’s cheating. I think this topic actually provides a useful case... Read more

2012-02-15T19:18:43-05:00

Last updated on: February 15, 2012 at 7:18 pm   By

The next Biblical Studies Carnival will be at Duane Smith’s blog Abnormal Interests, and Duane posted a reminder today about this, asking for submissions. Please tell him about the most abnormal, interesting, and abnormally interesting blog posts about Biblical studies from this blog, your own blogs, and elsewhere around the blogosphere! Read more

2012-02-15T08:25:21-05:00

Last updated on: February 15, 2012 at 8:25 am   By

Young-earth creationists, strictly speaking, can’t believe that there are such things as “supernovas” in the sense in which other people use that term. That term refers to stars exploding in faraway parts of the universe. For instance, the NASA page about one supernova visible in recent memory, SN 1987A, says this: “The star is 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It actually blew up about 161,000 B.C., but its light arrived here in 1987.” A young-earth creationist has to deny... Read more

2012-02-15T06:15:27-05:00

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“One of my husband’s former professor’s used to tell her students that education is the only thing we’re generally happy getting less of for our money. We’re happy when the professor cancels class. We’re happy with less homework, less requirements, less writing, less reading, less seat time, less, less, less. There are exceptions to this, those who realize that they are paying for the privilege of higher education, a privilege that women, minorities, and lower-classes have fought for throughout history.... Read more

2012-02-14T15:28:39-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm   By

I am happy to finally be able to announce that the second edition of my book The Burial of Jesus: What Does History Have to Do with Faith? has now been released by Patheos Press and is now available for purchase in Kindle format on Amazon.com. Versions in Nook and iBooks format are planned for the near future. The price on Amazon.com is $2.99, and this is indeed a revised and improved edition, and so even if you previously purchased... Read more

2012-02-14T14:24:03-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2012 at 2:24 pm   By

While there are an abundance of Star Wars, Star Trek, and other sci-fi Valentines around online, some shows might seem a less obvious choice for a Valentine’s Day card or greeting. But even Fringe has some. Here’s a couple: Read more

2012-02-14T12:34:57-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2012 at 12:34 pm   By

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2012-02-14T11:38:34-05:00

Last updated on: February 14, 2012 at 11:38 am   By

At IO9, I found this Bad Robot Valentine, a funny parody of the shows by J. J. Abrams that we know and love: Read more

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