{"id":15300,"date":"2013-06-26T18:10:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T22:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2013-06-26T18:10:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T22:10:04","slug":"upcoming-blog-tour-when-god-spoke-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/06\/upcoming-blog-tour-when-god-spoke-greek.html","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Blog Tour: When God Spoke Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Brian Le Port<\/a> and\u00a0Abram Kielsmeier-Jones blogged about<\/a> a blog tour that I\u2019ll also be participating in, and so I will simply quote Abram here:<\/p>\n

\u2026I\u2019ll be joining a group of bloggers in reviewing\u00a0Timothy Michael Law<\/a>\u2018s forthcoming\u00a0When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brian LePort at\u00a0Near Emmaus<\/a>\u00a0is hosting. Here is the\u00a0schedule<\/a>\u00a0for the tour:<\/p>\n

BRIAN LePORT<\/strong>\u00a0(Friday, July 19th)<\/p>\n

Introducing the blog tour<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"JOEL WATTS\u00a0<\/strong>(Sunday, July 21st,\u00a0http:\/\/unsettledchristianity.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Why this Book?<\/p>\n

2 When the World Became Greek<\/p>\n

ANDREW KING\u00a0<\/strong>(Tuesday, July 23rd,\u00a0http:\/\/blogofthetwelve.wordpress.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Was There a Bible before the Bible?<\/p>\n

4 The First Bible Translators<\/p>\n

KRISTA DALTON\u00a0<\/strong>(Thursday, July 25th,\u00a0http:\/\/kristadalton.com\/blog\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Gog and his Not-so-Merry Grasshoppers<\/p>\n

6 Bird Droppings, Stoned Elephants, and Exploding Dragons<\/p>\n

ABRAM K-J\u00a0<\/strong>(Saturday, July 27th,\u00a0http:\/\/abramkj.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

7 E Pluribus Unum<\/p>\n

8 The Septuagint behind the New Testament<\/p>\n

JESSICA PARKS\u00a0<\/strong>(Monday, July 29th,\u00a0http:\/\/facingthejabberwock.wordpress.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

9 The Septuagint in the New Testament<\/p>\n

10 The New Old Testament<\/p>\n

AMANDA MacINNIS\u00a0<\/strong>(Wednesday, July 31st,\u00a0http:\/\/cheesewearingtheology.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

11 God\u2019s Word for the Church<\/p>\n

12 The Man of Steel and the Man who Worshipped the Sun<\/p>\n

JAMES McGRATH\u00a0<\/strong>(Friday, August 2nd,\u00a0http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

13 The Man with the Burning Hand vs. the Man with the Honeyed Sword<\/p>\n

14 A Postscript<\/p>\n

There still (shocking!) aren\u2019t that many books about the Septuagint, so I\u2019m sure this will be a welcome addition. Law writes on his blog, \u201cI shall not rest until there is a Septuagint in the hand of every woman, man, girl and boy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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