I have just noticed that the SBL session reviewing “Jewish Christianity” (S19-116) is available for free audio download (HT: JC Baker). I will be reflecting on the exchange between Hagner and Nanos a little later (as has Matt Barnes on his blog), but I thought that I would share Hagner’s response to Nanos’ critique here [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 28, 2007
The Bible judged by its cover…
I just came across the article, “Selling the Good Book by its cover,” by Stephanie Simon at the LA Times. It is an interesting look at something I’m always fascinated by when I go to the bookstore: what do the Bibles look like here? Here are some excerpts from the article, which features the efforts [...]
December 27, 2007
Thanks, Hendrickson!
I received a Christmas gift from Hendrickson Publishers while I was away visiting my wife’s family. They have graciously sent along what is a very important publication on “Jewish Christianity”: Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries edited by Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik. This book, along with Jewish Christianity Reconsidered edited by Matt Jackson-McCabe, [...]
December 20, 2007
A “What’s in/on your” meme
I’ve been tagged by Nick Norelli to say what’s in/on my:
CD Player
DVD Player
To Read List
To See List
Mind
So, here goes.
What’s a CD player? Are CDs the things that look like DVDs?
As for DVDs, we are going to watch Amazing Grace soon (yes, it is actually in the DVD player), but just watched Ratatouille, and before that [...]
December 20, 2007
Christian High School Student Sues his Teacher for “Anti-Christian” Remarks
Okay, so when I was a fundamentalist high school student, sure, I felt like I was an oppressed minority. This is the nature of fundamentalism, you think that your group (no matter how big) is a small minority facing attacks from all sides. So, all comments, especially from authority figures, are subject to this filter [...]
December 19, 2007
Huckabee and his “Theology Degree”
Like Michael Westmoreland-White and Jim West, I am skeptical of thinking a “theology degree” could qualify a person for presidency of the United States. I do see some potential benefits, depending on one’s training in that degree. For example, if a person focused on the relationship between theology and culture in American society or perhaps [...]
December 18, 2007
Reading the Bible “literally”
When I was in high school, I spent a couple years as a fundamentalist. To be honest, apart from the horror I caused my parents and the damage I did to my friendships with “unbelievers,” I am in many ways happy that I had this time. Not only did my close-minded bibliolatry (that is, [...]
December 16, 2007
Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and . . . Rodney Stark??
This shot is from a book display in the Religion section at Borders. I guess some Borders employee thought this was their “atheist” shelf, but one of these things is not like the others. Or did said employee imagine that Stark was enough to take on the atheists all by himself?
Actually, someone (presumably someone who [...]
December 11, 2007
April DeConick: Conservative or Liberal Scholar?
That title sounds almost polemical. No, it’s meant rather to point to her own interesting post of a similar title (a couple weeks old, I have to admit… I’m still catching up on my blog reading after the quarter has ended). She talks about her experiences with interviewers from the press about her new book [...]
December 11, 2007
Member of The Daily Scribe!
This news is a little late in coming, but a couple weeks ago I was welcomed into the family of The Daily Scribe, which has the description: “A growing compendium of exceptional Christian expression.” One of the things that the Scribe is looking for is open-mindedness and dialogue. I am honored and happy to be [...]
