“Those you argue against always shape your argument.”
– Stanley Stowers, Christian Beginnings: A Study in Ancient Mediterranean Religion
(Edinburgh University Press, 2024), 8.
- Over on Facebook, Constantine Campbell linked to a volume he’s been working on as editor, namely The Greek New Testament Study Bible. I regularly use my Reader’s Greek New Testament and so I’m eager to see what this edition has to offer. It comes out in October of this year.
- Paul Davidson has updated his page of poor and misleading translations in the NIV.
- If you’re interested in the Logos Christology in John, Deky Nggadas recently published an article in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies on the subject with relationship to the Gospel of Luke.
- John Nelson appeared on the Exploring the Language of Scripture channel to talk about Jesus’s physical appearance, the subject of his dissertation recently published book.
- Speaking of Jesus’s appearance, Andrew Mark Henry talks about Jesus’s long hair in a recent episode of Religion for Breakfast.
- Thomas Kazen and Hilary Lipka discuss Torah law and when it became truly authoritative. This was a particularly interesting piece, especially its development over the course of centuries in relationship to the ever-changing world stage.
- Do the various flood myths demonstrate that a global flood actually happened? Not at all.
- I think I might be on track for my annual goal of 52 books per year.
The Amateur Exegete 