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There have been some incredibly substantive posts around the blogosphere over the past couple of days. In the domain of New Testament: Loren Rosson has an extensive overview and review<\/a> of John P. Meier\u2019s latest volume on the historical Jesus. Michael Barber considered the historicity of the temple incident<\/a>. Mike Koke asked about pseudonymous works in the canon<\/a>. David Ker wrestled with the relationship between history and hagiography<\/a>. Unorthodoxology reviewed Ehrman\u2019s Jesus, Interrupted<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anumma asks whether it is worth scholars\u2019 efforts to debunk<\/a> claims like those made in Angels and Demons<\/a><\/em>, and offers these words of wisdom: \u201cSadly, it turns out that a decade of graduate work in philological-linguistic biblical studies does not an able marketing executive or a sexy talking head make.\u201d Gypsy Scholar looks at Samson as suicide bomber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On religion and science, Michael Dowd explains why those who debate God\u2019s existence misunderstand the meaning of \u201cGod\u201d<\/a>. Clashing Culture asks why there is no controversy over \u201ctheistic embryology\u201d<\/a>. John Pieret also has some things to say about embryology and creationism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet, if you look at the recent list of the awesomest blogs by the smartest people<\/a>, most of the aforementioned discussion is not even noticed\u2026<\/p>\n

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