Of particular interest is the discussion of the pericope of the adulteress woman. They also mention: Probably, many conservatives today will like to keep this story in their bibles. However, Dan Wallace is not one of them. He has said that modern translation’s inclusion of the story is the result of “a tradition of timidity.”… Continue Reading
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Dan Wallace Comments on the Conservative Bible Project
Read the whole post here. Wallace says: Apart from using the best currently available Greek text which tags the long ending of Mark and the story of the woman caught in adultery (Mark 16.9–20 and John 7.53–8.11) as inauthentic, there is very little to commend in this translation. And a bit later… My friend and former… Continue Reading
Social Media and Biblical Scholarship Revisited (Intro)
(An abridgment of a former series…) via baekdal.com After reading an nice post regarding media trends by Thomas Baekdal, I wanted to reflect on what his contentions have to do with bibliobloggers and anyone else with a desire to communicate via the prevailing media. The article takes us on an “(unscientific) tour of the last 210 years… Continue Reading
Posts of the week…
James Spinti discussed an interesting article from the NYT regarding digital reading and the brain. Todd Wood discusses the difference between ‘high level models’ and ‘low level theories’ in science and origins. Hebrew and Greek Reader reminds podcasters to keep in mind that many in the world do not enjoy high bandwidth rates. (So try… Continue Reading
Inconsistency in Authorship or Not?
I was recently reading through a relatively older work by David Hall, The Seven Pillories of Wisdom. Essentially he offers a critique of seven common arguments used in NT scholarship. In the sixth chapter, he examines the ‘argument from consistency’. The question he raises is one which I, too, have asked: “How far should we… Continue Reading
Social Media and Sheffield
In the recent campaign to keep Sheffield’s biblical studies department open, social media has played an instrumental role. Two of the primary avenues through which information has been disseminated are biblioblogs and Facebook. Jim West in particular has been keeping up with the latest and Mark Goodacre had previously put together two brief digests of… Continue Reading
How to Pray: Two Ancient Views
“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.” — Matthew 6:7 As Jesus teaches on prayer in Matthew 6, he transitions from the example of “the hypocrites in the synagogues” (Matt 6:2, 5) to “the Gentiles” (Matt… Continue Reading
More Reflections on Paul and Palestinian Judaism
Mike Fox furthered the discussion a bit with a comment on a previous post, so I thought I’d continue with another excerpt from my reflection on Sanders which lines up with our interaction: From a biblical perspective, Sanders’ covenantal nomism seems to reconcile with the intention of Israel’s religion from the perspective of the Old… Continue Reading
More on Sheffield
Jim West has what is allegedly a view from ‘the inside’. He says: I received the following letter from a Sheffield insider- a ‘Sheffieldian Deepthroat’ if you will – and was asked to share it. Read it all here. It raises question worthy of discussion for all those interested in education and biblical studies. Continue Reading
Around the Blogosphere
Noteworthy this week: Mark Goodacre keeps us up to date with the Sheffield Biblical Studies Dept. ordeal. Steve Runge continues his discussions (and demonstration) of the usefulness of discourse grammar. AWOL links an open access journal, Studies in Ancient Art and Civilation. Lifehacker discusses a webapp for CV creation. (I’m not sure I’m interested, but… Continue Reading