'Mark' (Paideia)… Musings on Mark: Mary Ann Beavis on the Parable of the Tenants 12 Dec 2018December 10, 2018 Mary Ann Beavis, Mark, Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament (Baker Academic, 2011), 175. In Mark, then, the parable [i.e. of the tenants; Mark 12:1-12] is a sort of Passion prediction…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Shaily Patel: Postcolonial Criticism 11 Dec 2018December 10, 2018 Shaily Patel, "Excursus: Methods of Ideological Criticism," in Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 192. Postcolonial criticism emphasizes the…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Deuteronomy and the Law of the King 11 Dec 2018December 10, 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 183-184. The "law of the king" [Deuteronomy 17:14-20] seems to have been…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5a 10 Dec 2018December 9, 2018 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
Antiochus IV… Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel, part 2 8 Dec 2018December 8, 2018 In this series we are exploring the claim made by pop-apologist SJ Thomason in her post "Did Daniel the Prophet Accurately Predict the Timing of Jesus' Death?"1 that the prophetic utterance…
'The Bible for Normal People' (podcast)… The Weekly Roundup – 12.7.18 7 Dec 2018December 7, 2018 "The death of the messiah [in Mark's Gospel], at the hour of the cross, is the advent of the υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, who has come with great power and glory (13:26)."…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: The Significance of John 9:22 6 Dec 2018November 27, 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 187-188. This verse [i.e. John 9:22] is significant from a socio-historical perspective because…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: The Problem of Kadesh 6 Dec 2018November 27, 2018 Micheal D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 165-166. Identification of most of the places named [the Priestly portions of…
Jesus… Musings on Mark: Jesus’ Origin Story in Mark 5 Dec 2018November 28, 2018 Every superhero has a back story, a tale about what made them the way they are. My favorite superhero is DC's Batman. What disturbing thing happened to him that made…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart D. Ehrman: Book Publishing in the Ancient World 4 Dec 2018November 26, 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 178. When thinking about the relationship of the New Testament writings to one…
