A volume I have edited entitled Religion and Science Fiction is forthcoming from Pickwick Publications (Wipf & Stock). The publisher has given the library at Butler University permission to make my chapter, “Robots, Rights and Religion,” available online. I hope you enjoy it. The book is an exciting interdisciplinary volume which should be available for purchase in the not-too-distant future! Read more

At Evangelical Textual Criticism, Peter Head shared his chapter “Textual Criticism and the Synoptic Problem.” Raphael Rodriguez shared his paper ‘Speaking of Jesus: “Oral Tradition” beyond the Form Critics’ Read more

HT Richard Hall who got it from Peter Banks Read more

Two “criteria of inauthenticity” that I have encountered used by mythicist have been on my mind today. One is the argument that early Christians are inherently untrustworthy when it comes to the matter of Jesus’ existence, since they were committed to him and so had a bias towards believing he existed. This seems entirely backwards – like saying that I am biased towards believing James Dunn exists because I was his student, or that you are biased towards believing I... Read more

Darrell Pursiful will be hosting the next Biblical Studies Carnival at his blog, Dr. Platypus. It is never too soon to send him submissions. Read more

The ranking of biblioblogs by vote for February has been posted, and thank you to everyone who voted for Exploring Our Matrix, which came in first again. Matthew Crowe has published the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. Via AWOL, I learned that issues of the Bulletin of the Palestine Exploration Society are online, as are additional Hebrew, Syriac and other manuscripts at E-Corpus. Chris Brady invites you to take advantage of the extension of the deadline for submissions for the SBL 2011 Annual... Read more

The entries are in, and now it is time to vote. Visit Jim Linville’s blog and pick your favorite ZwingLOLcat. Read more

The Biblioblog Top 50 based on Alexa rankings has been posted. Read more

Charles Häberl, my collaborator on the Mandaean Book of John translation project, has created an online Mandaic lexicon. It is a work in progress, both in terms of content (lexemes will continue to be added as they are encountered) and in terms of formatting. But those interested in the language will certainly find it interesting and useful immediately! Read more

A few posts have mentioned me or linked to me recently in the interest of conversation, and having failed to respond in a timely fashion, I will take a first step towards rectifying the situation by linking back and at least acknowledging the posts in question. Chris Brady mentioned me in a post asking about technology and its likely impact on the future of Biblical studies. Also on a related topic, משלי אדם has a post about the future of eBooks and your library.... Read more