Browsing the archives for the bible category

12 Oct 09

Teaching the Bible as Western Civilization

Teaching the Bible at a Christian college is one thing. And teaching the Bible at a non-confessional (”secular”) university is, of course, something else. But teaching the Bible for one class session during a ten-week course on the foundational history of Western civilization is another thing entirely. That’s what I’m doing this week.
I am responsible [...]

9 Comments Posted in bible, pedagogy, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
20 Jul 09

Review: HarperCollins Study Bible (Part 2)

HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated – Student Edition
Editors: Harold W. Attridge (General Editor, Revised); Wayne A. Meeks (General Editor, Original)
Hardcover: 2128 pages
Publisher: HarperOne
Year: 2006
ISBN:9780060786830
Buy: HarperCollins; Amazon
Positives

Excellent running commentary by world-class biblical scholars.
More notes than other study Bibles based on critical research.
The lack of a solidified confessional stance allows for less apologetically motivated notes [...]

3 Comments Posted in Uncategorized, bible, biblical studies, book reviews, study bibles by Patrick George McCullough
12 Jul 09

Review: The HarperCollins Study Bible (Part 1: Contributors)

HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated – Student Edition
Editors: Harold W. Attridge (General Editor, Revised); Wayne A. Meeks (General Editor, Original)
Hardcover: 2128 pages
Publisher: HarperOne
Year: 2006
ISBN:9780060786830
Buy: HarperCollins; Amazon
Many thanks to Kayleigh at Harper Academic for forwarding this review copy! Reviewing the premier study Bible on the market is a bit of a daunting task. It [...]

2 Comments Posted in bible, biblical studies, book reviews, study bibles by Patrick George McCullough
17 Mar 09

My Article on Niche Bibles

I am pleased to announce that my article for my denomination’s magazine, In Part, has been published. My little article is entitled, “The good (and bad) news about niche Bibles.” The entire issue, with a focus on the Bible (”In Pursuit of the Bible“), is fantastic. The main featured article is “What’s hermeneutics got to [...]

1 Comment Posted in articles, bible, brethren in christ, writing by Patrick George McCullough
10 Sep 08

The Bible influences culture even if nobody reads it . . .

Many may know about the discussion raised by Hector Avalos about the “end of biblical studies.” For those who don’t, I will catch you up a little bit. The issue is about whether we should teach biblical studies as an academic discipline and, if so, how we should go about it. The issue obviously hits [...]

4 Comments Posted in American culture, Avalos, DeConick, Koester, academia, bible, biblical studies, career, hermeneutics by Patrick George McCullough
6 Sep 08

Looking for Some Academic Study Bibles on Libronix

There was a long stretch where Logos Bible Software was coming out with some powerhouse academic resources in their prepublication program. Bunches of stuff on Josephus, Philo, the Pseudepigrapha, Ancient Near Eastern books, great original language items. One of the most amazing offerings of this period was Hermeneia. More recently, they have offered the Anchor [...]

10 Comments Posted in academia, bible, bible software, bible study, libronix, logos bible software, study bibles by Patrick George McCullough
17 Mar 08

Bible Talk: Wall-Pissing and Big Brother

So, a couple people already commented on this video by Pastor Steven Anderson (Faithful Word Baptist Church, Tempe, Arizona). It’s so crazy, it’s hilarious. See posts about it by Tyler Williams, Loren Rosson, Paul Martin, and others.
Here are some of my favorite lines:
And God said a man is someone who pisses against a wall. . [...]

0 Comments Posted in bb9, bible, big brother, culture, homiletics, sermons, videos by Patrick George McCullough
21 Feb 08

"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 [...]

2 Comments Posted in Brueggemann, bible, hermeneutics, history, ideological criticism, interpretation, postmodernism, quotes by Patrick George McCullough
8 Feb 08

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 [...]

4 Comments Posted in bible, huckabee, politics by Patrick George McCullough