Many thanks to Augsburg Fortress Publishers for sending a review copy of The New Testament and Homosexuality (publisher link) by Robin Scroggs, who is Edward Robinson Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York. This one goes back quite a few years, published in 1983. If you google “Robin Scroggs”, you [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 28, 2008
More Scholer
My previous tribute to David Scholer has become the most read post I have ever written; most of the visits are from those searching for “David Scholer” and variations. This in itself is a tribute to a man who left an enormous impact on the world.
Blog posts about him keep popping up. I would just [...]
August 26, 2008
Prof. David M. Scholer (1938-2008)
Last week, we lost a great New Testament scholar, seminary professor, advocate for women in ministry, and one of the kindest, most beautiful persons I have ever known. Though he lived longer than all expectations, David Scholer passed away on Friday morning after a six-year battle with colorectal cancer. David has had a tremendous influence [...]
August 22, 2008
In the Mail: Peter Brown’s The Body and Society
Another thank you is due. I extend my enormous gratitude to Columbia University Press for sending to me the twentieth anniversary edition of Peter Brown’s work on marriage and sexual practices in early Christianity, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity (or see the book at CUP’s website). Here is [...]
August 21, 2008
My Amazon Store
I was inspired by Nick Norelli’s aStore and thought it might be a good idea to put together this online bookstore powered by Amazon. It’s a bit like coming up with a shoppable bibliography. So, you can check out the beginnings of my own store, the kata ta biblia bookstore, but don’t read too much [...]
August 14, 2008
“How do you like Fuller Seminary?”
Over the three years that I have been in my Master of Divinity program, I have been asked variations on this question a number of times. For many, the underlying question is: would I recommend Fuller to others? The short answer is yes, I would. If you are interested in an academic career, you would [...]
August 9, 2008
Five years!
My amazing wife and I have been married for five years today. What adventure it has been. And with our first baby on the way . . . the adventure continues!
August 4, 2008
Slightly new look…
I have decided to adapt the look of my blog a little bit. The main motivation is the fact that my comments box on the old theme was way, way, way down below the text (especially on short posts). I think that made for fewer comments. Most recently, I got a few hundred views for [...]
August 2, 2008
Scored a Readership: History of Early Christians
Today I have learned that I will be the reader for Prof. Scott Bartchy’s course, “History of the Early Christians“. The reader at UCLA is basically a grader. I’ll be grading the mid-terms and finals. Actually, I’ll be both enrolled in the course and grading it. Obviously, I won’t be grading my own work!
I graded [...]
