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
My friend, Ron Huggins, has noted some “Overlooked Aspects of the Case” regarding the James Ossuary debate. Most importantly, he questions whether the first part of the inscription might rather be the forged part instead of the latter: If there is any forgery at all it did not occur by the name “brother of Jesus” being added to… 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
I have noticed that among biblical scholars, there are many different approaches to publishing. Here are a few I’ve jotted down that are, of course, not mutually exclusive: Publish or Perish: Publish on, well, everything, regardless of its originality. You have lecture notes and a publisher, after all! Publish and Progress: Publish on subjects which… Continue Reading
I get asked from time to time, mostly by friends, about my thoughts on the pros and cons of blogging, especially in the biblical studies niche. I include here part of a response I sent a friend recently. ——————— As for blogging, I understand your concern. I started my current joshualmann.com blog in 2008 (I think it… Continue Reading
Anthony Le Donne reflects on a TEDs talk he recently listened to, particularly raising important issues about the effect of shifts in media on culture. I’ve thought a lot about how shifts to online and social media might impact biblical studies in the next generation (and its not all negative, just as previous shifts in… Continue Reading