“In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn’t it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.” – Stephen King, The Wind Through the Keyhole.
- Back in February (I’m way behind on my reading/listening/watching) James McGrath posted about an article by Candida Moss on the fame of John the Baptist.
- It’s not in my library yet but I came across a new volume that could be useful for NT background: The World of the New Testament: Encountering Texts in Context from Fortress Press. If you have this volume, let me know what you think of it.
- If you need reading recommendations, Jordan Jones has a few covering the Pentateuch, biblical Hebrew, and more!
- Paul Davidson posted a piece on the dating of the book of Daniel that is adapted to a video he produced on the same subject a couple of years ago.
- Steve Wiggins talks reading through 1 Kings through the lens of Game of Thrones.
- Nathan Houston talks with Shirley Paulson about Jesus’s two dads.
- Jason Staples talks about typological readings of the Joseph narrative in Genesis and the connection to Jesus.
- 30 books away from my annual goal!
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