I registered for my second to last quarter today. I have some ministry requirements to fulfill that have been put on hold while I’ve taken courses on New Testament and related issues. That said, it’s not that I’m not interested in the ministry courses. It’s just that I have a bit of tunnel vision with [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 21, 2008
“Hearing” the Bible and presuppositions
Brueggemann makes an interesting comment in his preface to The Message of the Psalms. He opens the book itself with two quotes, one from John Updike and another from Jose Miranda, Communism in the Bible, which goes like this:
It can surely be said that the Psalter presents a struggle of the just against the unjust.
Brueggemann [...]
February 14, 2008
“The Fuller Seminary Generation”
Those are the words of Jim Wallis in his most recent blog post. I didn’t go to his talk during his Fuller visit, but I hear he said a lot of the stuff that he usually says. I like Wallis’ message, but he does tend to repeat himself. That said, do check out the post, [...]
February 12, 2008
Hey, I know, let’s blame it on the Jews…
Yesterday a friend of mine, who had just come back from an interfaith retreat and had picked up a cold, said, “The Jews made me sick.” Well, she was sitting in between two Jews, both with bad colds, at a dinner during the retreat and she happened to pick up what they had. But, given [...]
February 11, 2008
Reception for Bibliobloggers (or whatever you call us) in Boston?
Jim West, the man of the perpetually transforming blog presentation, informs the public that we may indeed have a chance to be an official reception at SBL. Such an event would be great, considering the unwieldy nature of our massive biblioblogger lunch in San Diego. I think it would make for a better event, too, [...]
February 8, 2008
Huckabee Quizzes America on the Bible
There was a great story on NPR this evening about Huckabee’s rhetorical allusions to biblical stories (as he continues to run as the most Christian candidate). The story was put together by Barbara Bradley Hagerty, who interviews Stephen Prothero especially concerning the fact that so many people don’t understand what Huckabee is talking about. The [...]
February 8, 2008
Page 123: About Adolf von Harnack
Jim Getz tagged me in a meme the other day. The idea is . . .
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!)
Find page 123
Find the first five sentences
Post the next three sentences
Tag five people
My nearest book is History of New Testament Research (vol. 2) by William Baird, which certainly does [...]
February 8, 2008
Crossley, Politics, and NT Scholarship
Considering how much we’re talking about the political and philosophical presuppositions of New Testament scholarship in Hagner’s “History of NT Scholarship seminar,” biblioblogger James Crossley’s new book on politics and New Testament scholarship looks awesome, for lack of a better word. He says it could be out by SBL Boston.
