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Evidence, Authorship, and Humor
Sometimes the Babylon Bee's satire has me laughing hysterically, as a former conservative Evangelical (and
July 2016
July 10, 2016
Moses on Moses
I came across the above meme, which nicely highlights one of many absurdities that result from viewing...
May 2016
May 18, 2016
Were the Titles of the Gospel on #Sillyboi?
You may think I'm a "silly boy" for writing about this. But when Sarah Bond...
March 2016
March 03, 2016
Chronicles as Evidence for Deutero-Isaiah
Today my class on the Bible focused on stories from among the Writings, the third...
February 2016
February 05, 2016
Brant Pitre, The Case for Jesus
I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the Patheos Book Club about...
August 2015
August 21, 2015
Revelation by the Numbers
Ian Paul shared this chart a while back, suggesting that it provides evidence for the...
March 2015
March 21, 2015
Luke Volume 3
Jonathan Bernier raised some interesting problems with suggestions that are often made regarding why Luke ended Acts where...
January 2015
January 30, 2015
What Could a Fisherman Compose?
I shared a link to a blog post by Jonathan Bernier a while back, which...
January 14, 2015
Identification of Authors in Ancient Literature
A discussion here on this blog brought up the question of whether other ancient works...
December 2014
December 08, 2014
Authorship of 2 Thessalonians
Towards the end of the semester in my Paul class, we've focused on the disputed...
October 2014
October 24, 2014
Thanks, Google
A student pointed out to me that, if you ask Google "Who wrote the Pentateuch?"...
December 2013
December 31, 2013
Were the Gospels Originally Anonymous?
Like many New Testament scholars, the work that I do builds on the work of...
August 2013
August 02, 2013
Pauline Authorship: Visualizing the BNTC Survey Numbers
Dan Wilkinson was not entirely happy with just the numbers provided in Paul Foster's article,...
August 01, 2013
BNTC Survey on Pauline Authorship
Rick Sumner shared this delightful image (from a Koine Greek subreddit that I had no...
May 2013
May 31, 2013
Is Claiming the Holy Spirit as Author of the Bible an Unforgivable Sin?
I have been having a Facebook interaction with someone who claims that the Holy Spirit...
March 2013
March 24, 2013
Authorship of Isaiah
My course on the Bible focuses a lot of attention on the identification and use...
March 10, 2013
Shebrews
Today in my Sunday school class, we started a new topic, beginning a study of...
September 2012
September 01, 2012
Lecture on Authorship and Sources of the Pentateuch
August 2012
August 27, 2012
Lecture on Genesis 2-3
I have recorded a lecture covering some of the topics I normally discuss in class...
May 2012
May 02, 2012
Divine Author and Intelligent Designer of Killing Machines?
Steve Douglas has a post on the idea of God as author of Scripture which...
January 2012
January 31, 2012
Pete Enns, The Evolution of Adam: Part 1
The first chapter in Pete Enns’ book Evolution of Adam, The: What the Bible Does...
December 2011
December 05, 2011
Redaction Criticism, Star Trek, and the Bible (Director’s Cut)
To err is human. To learn to take the time to revise and improve on...
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