And apparently no longer based solely on Alexa ratings. The ranking criteria go like this: “The Biblioblog Top 50 is a listing of the top 50 Biblical Studies blogs, chosen according to the utterly subjective criteria of sexy style, stimulating content, timely dissemination, regularity, discernment, scholarly depth, innovation, and pazang.”
I came in at #20! I’m glad my blog has enough pazang to make it that far. Thanks, y’all. I’m honored.
And just as I was starting to get the song “Sexy Bitch” out of my head. Now, I believe it is an appropriate anthem for Jim West’s blog. All this time, I have been trying to find the words to describe your blog, Jim, without being disrespectful. And there it is.






Pat, everyone knows that you are a freaky sexy mofo.
That is perhaps the best compliment my scholarship has ever received. You were talking about my academic work, right?
Pat:
As someone who met you at SBL, were I to share that assessment with you, it would hardly be about your academic work (wink).
[and yes, for those who can't sense sarcasm . . . I speak in jest. sad I need to make that so explicit]
I would really love to see biblical scholars try out pick up lines at a bar. That was what was missing from my SBL experience.