Ancient Israel… The Weekly Roundup – 6.21.19 21 Jun 201919 Jun 2019 @andrewmarkhenry of the YouTube channel Religion for Breakfast recently published a short video on the number 666 that appears in Revelation 13:18. Following most scholars, Henry notes that the number…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 5.24.19 24 May 201914 May 2019 "For atheists, I would say your life is not meaningless even if you no longer believe you are for something like a hammer is for hammering nails- or even if…
Biblical Criticism… The Weekly Roundup – 5.17.19 17 May 201930 Apr 2019 "To be clear, some religious people evaluate their subjective experience as a piece of the evidential pie without taking this strong of a stance – but I want to address…
Biblical Scholarship… The “Conservative Bible Project”: The Interplay of Ideology and Translation 2 May 201930 Apr 2019 In this post you will find two things: a paper and a presentation. The paper is entitled "The 'Conservative Bible Project': The Interplay of Ideology and Translation. Here is the…
'In the Company of Jesus'… Musings on Mark: Minor Markan Characters – Bartimaeus, the Blind Beggar 1 May 201930 Apr 2019 "Through the identification with Bartimaeus and subsequent minor characters, the reader is encouraged to move beyond faith in Jesus and his power toward a more faithful acceptance of the demands…
ANE… The Weekly Roundup – 4.26.19 26 Apr 201922 Apr 2019 "All translations of great works are of course no more than approximations of the original, in some places happy ones, in some necessarily imperfect. But respecting the sheer physicality of…
'The Gospel According to Mark' (NCBC)… Musings on Mark: Jesus and Wisdom 17 Apr 201912 Mar 2019 Marie Noonan Sabin, The Gospel According to Mark, New Collegeville Bible Commentary (Liturgical Press, 2006), 32. In chapter 2, Mark dramatizes the way that Jesus, like Wisdom, restores human beings to…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 4.12.19 12 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 "Mark, wanting to make a theological point, locates the event in a place whose name is associated with casting out demons – the language, as Marcus points out, does kinda support this. This…
'The Gospel of Mark' (Sacra Pagina)… Musings on Mark: Mark and the Cynic Tradition 3 Apr 20193 Apr 2019 John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina, vol. 2 (The Liturgical Press, 2002), 193. If Mark reacts in any way to the Cynic tradition it…
