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Mike Kok<\/a>, who has been blogging about the Gospel of Mark for a long time, now has a new blog<\/a>. The change has been made both to offer a more accessible title in English, but also to indicate a broadening of scope. Mike writes: \u201cI\u00a0will write on topics such as Second Temple Judaism, the New Testament, ancient Christian literature, Hebrew Bible, Religious Studies, Theology, or whatever I am interested in at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Please pay his new blog, The Apostles\u2019 Memoirs<\/a>, a visit!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"