My wife, Christina, and I stopped by the MCC Relief Sale in Upland, CA, today. We got to see some friends from college (one of my former roommates–we were each other’s groomsmen). We also got three books for a grand total of $2.50. Well, two for me, and one for us.
The first one I found [...]
Browsing the blog archives for May, 2007
19 May 07
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18 May 07
Here’s an interesting story of an associate professor of philosophy who got tired of his job and decided to take a two year leave of absence to join the Peace Corps, teaching English in China. I read these articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education written by people having trouble with their academic jobs and [...]
15 May 07
For those who haven’t heard the news, and I’m sure within a short period of time everybody who reads this will have heard, Jerry Falwell died today at 73. With such a controversial public figure, I can’t even begin to imagine the great variety of reflections there will be with his passing. Someone from my [...]
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7 May 07
Big news from Hebrew University. First Jesus now Herod the Great
Update (05/08/07): There are a lot of posts coming out about Herod’s tomb, and I don’t plan on reflecting on it in depth on this blog, but I would like to highlight Kevin Wilson’s post about its significance, especially for those who are [...]
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Posted in herod tomb, news
6 May 07
We were translating the first part of Ephesians in my Greek Reading class the other day and I was suddenly struck by the words τοῖς οὖσιν (Greekish: “to the ones being”) in verse 1. You may know that there is a debate about whether Paul wrote Ephesians, and related to that question is whether the [...]
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Posted in ephesians, greek, textual criticism
4 May 07
This Christian Science Monitor article is interesting food for thought. I don’t think that the US News rankings would be my own personal ranking system, but on the other hand, there is certainly a “top tier” of schools. For many of the schools in the top tier, I’m not sure it matters whether you go [...]
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Posted in education, news, ranking
4 May 07
One of my favorite publications is Religious Studies News, put out by the American Academy of Religion. I let the editor know just how much I enjoyed the last issue (March 2007) and I guess they appreciated it. I’ve been quoted as a letter to the editor on page three of May issue. Small news, [...]
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4 May 07
James Spinti has an interesting thought about the importance of opinions in blogging. He says:
It seems that those of us who continue to blog have strong opinions, and aren’t afraid to state them. . . . Is it wrong to have strong opinions? I don’t think so. It just lays a heavier responsibility on us [...]
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2 May 07
I would simply like to direct you to an enormously helpful electronic edition of The SBL Handbook of Style. For those who don’t know, it is based heavily on The Chicago Manual of Style, but is slightly adapted and annotated with examples for academic biblical studies. If you are a member of SBL, you can [...]
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Elsewhere . . .- Some Thoughts On Being A DSS/Second Temple Scholar agathos
- Mellon Seminar Reflection 1: What are T/traditions? April DeConick
- Quote of the Day (Bob Cargill) James F. McGrath
- Fall 2010 Term at Duke Stephen C. Carlson
- NT Blog Seven Years Old Today! Mark Goodacre
- Teaching the Bible e-pub latest Mark Goodacre
- Biblical Studies Carnival, and Other Blog News Mark Goodacre
- First blind PhD graduate in biblical languages? paleojudaica@talktalk.net (Jim Davila)
- CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium rogueclassicist
- Received: Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (author unknown)
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When "new wine" is not "new wine" (Acts 2 vs. Luke 5)
I was recently preparing for a sermon based on the Pentecost text from Acts 2:1-41. After I had done my initial planning for the sermon, I was perusing some commentaries for possible additional insights. In one commentary (which shall remain nameless), I instead found some things that were simply false.
The one example that stands out [...]