Twice in the last few months I have realized the importance of having peers review something I have written BEFORE I send it off or present it. I learned three lessons, all of which are rather obvious. In the first case, I had two friends review a draft of an essay (it will appear in… Continue Reading
I was recently asked what commentaries I am finding most helpful as I research the Gospel of Luke. Briefly, in a not-so-particular order, here are a few thoughts on Luke (and a couple on Acts): I. Howard Marshall on Luke (NIGTC) (1978), though its been around a while (!), nearly always hits the significant exegetical… Continue Reading
Thanks to IPEVO, I have the opportunity to review a fairly new product, the IPEVO Ziggi HD document camera (see on Amazon). I am especially interested in its use as a document and book scanner. I started a DIY Book Scanner project a few years ago (see here and here and here), but never finished. Now… Continue Reading
For part one of my review, see here. Part two here. (Amazon link to the book.) I wanted to touch on a few issues before finishing up with Carroll. Continue Reading
This evening I made some significant changes to this website, many of which are hardly noticeable. (Das ist Gut!) The Short Story I migrated my site from sakeoftruth.com to joshualmann.com. I have also changed a few other things that made the whole migration work. Using 301 redirects, all the old links from within and without… Continue Reading
First, a few less-than-serious thoughts on Ebojo’s review of The Early Text of the New Testament, followed by a few more serious ones: I can’t recall ever reading a book review which spends close to 50% of its words on typos, etc. I hadn’t heard of rbecs.org prior to reading about the review on the ETC… Continue Reading
Ron Huggins has another nice piece on the James Ossuary, with the clever title, “James D. Tabor’s Drop-Dead-Amazing, Forever-Shape-Shifting, Super-Elastic, Stretch-to-Fit, James-Brother-of-Jesus Ossuary.” He addresses the claim that the James Ossuary and the “Lost Tenth Ossuary” of the Talpiot tomb are the same, especially with reference to their dimensions: At the time Tabor claims to… Continue Reading
From the Chronicle of Higher Education website (originally from University World News): “More Countries Are Asking Whether They Produce Too Many Ph.D.’s, Says New Report.” According to Rymer, one issue stimulating debate about Ph.D. education is the view that, at least in some disciplines, universities are producing too many Ph.D. graduates. . . . In… Continue Reading
For part one of my review, see here. (Amazon link to the book.) Carroll’s introduction is succinct and adequate, not ground-breaking yet covering real ground. I give it a mark of ‘good’ on a scale of bad to excellent (that’s something like 7 out of 10), particular in view of a semi-technical audience. On authorship,… Continue Reading
Some time back I mentioned I would be reviewing a handful of books, one of which is John T. Carroll‘s Luke: A Commentary (The New Testament Library; Louisville: WJK, 2012). The following is part one of my review, having had the chance to thoroughly read the introduction and use a good portion of the commentary proper. I… Continue Reading