More than a few blogs posted on the meaning of Maundy Thursday this morning. I here quote Witherington: It actually comes from the phrase Mandatum Thursday, or loosely translated ‘mandate’ or ‘commandment’ Thursday. It refers to the commandment from John 13 which you see in the picture above. Unfortunately, it was assumed that John 13 is… Continue Reading
Recently Brice Jones reviewed The Early Text of the New Testament (OUP 2012). His overall evaluation is positive, and he provides both helpful summaries and critiques. He is most critical of essays by Kruger and Charlesworth, concluding: In sum, it seems apparent that there is a theological agenda behind both Kruger’s and Charlesworth’s articles. The conservative and apologetic… Continue Reading
Yesterday evening I was reading a print edition of the Greek text of Luke 19:28–44 (NA28), and I realized at one point that the pagination effected me as a reader. The medium effects interpretation. Let me briefly explain. Triumphal Entry in the Gospel of Luke I am reading the story of the Triumphal Entry in the… Continue Reading
CSNTM reported yesterday: In November of 2011 CSNTM traveled to the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) in Florence Italy. . . . Because of this trip, CSNTM is proud to announce the addition of new images of 28 manuscripts from the BML. This excellent collection contains papyri, majuscules, minuscules, and lectionaries. Among the many treasures we digitized was… Continue Reading
In an interview with Charles Halton at the Marginalia Review, Harvard Professor Jon Levenson shares writing advice he first received from his high school Latin teacher: She said one should never underestimate the audience’s intelligence nor overestimate their knowledge. The best course, she thought, was to assume one is talking to a highly intelligent group… Continue Reading
A brief note, as mentioned to a few friends elsewhere: Happy to have my SBL Int’l proposal accepted, “Chiasm in the NT: Its Use and Abuse” (Methods in NT Studies section). I plan to structure the paper in a complex, difficult to decipher chiastic pattern through which my main points will be made. (Okay, that… Continue Reading
According to Richard himself, the end is near (“within weeks rather than months”) for the publication of his Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucible: A Commentary on Revelation 1-3. A few reasons I am looking forward to reading it: 1. He will interact extensively with primary sources (and not just literary texts!), yet attempt to give context when he… Continue Reading
In the next few weeks I plan to publish three book reviews here at the site. Each review will come out in multiple instalments (two or three most likely), and each review (but not each part!) should include a short video in addition to text. This has been in the hopper for far too long… Continue Reading
Nijay reviews a bit of the Festschrift in honor of Graham Stanton, Jesus, Matthew’s Gospel and Early Christianity: Studies in Memory of Graham N. Stanton (ed. D.M. Gurtner, J. Willitts, and R. Burridge; T & T Clark, 2011). One extended quotation stands out to me where Burridge recounts his Viva before Stanton: It was going alright until about half-way… Continue Reading
Thank you, Rod, for sharing so many of your resources for teaching. The latest is his Morphology Catalog of Koine Verbs in pdf: It is designed so that it can be printed double-sided, trimmed, and inserted inside the cover of Danker’s Concise Lexicon. The primary purpose of this catalog is to provide a morphological supplement to CL which does not contain… Continue Reading