Nick had a good idea for a list, so I’m going to offer my list of scholars (dead* & alive) that I wish had blogs:
- Scott Bartchy [of course]
- John Howard Yoder*
- Dynamic Dual Blog: Adela Yarbro Collins & John J. Collins
- Thomas Yoder Neufeld [I just had lunch with him today, so I might be biased, but I love how he approaches New Testament studies from a balanced Anabaptist perspective!]
- Carolyn Osiek
- Richard B. Hays
- Willard M. Swartley
- Albert Schweitzer*
- Amy-Jill Levine
- Markus Bockmuehl
Okay, so I’m kind of cheating with two scholars on number three. But the list started much longer, so at least I got it down to 11. I was thinking about scholars that aren’t just my favorites and write about topics I’m interested in (though, that is a factor obviously), but also who I think would write very readable/relatable/entertaining blogs. Bart Ehrman, Tom Wright, Luke Timothy Johnson, and Bultmann were very close! In the end, none on the list are the same as Nick’s, but some were almost there.
