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
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