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28 Dec 09

Harland on the Uniqueness of Early Christians

As I mentioned earlier, I am working through Philip Harland’s Dynamics of Identity (courtesy of T & T Clark), which looks into early Judean and Christian gatherings as related to other unofficial associations in the Greco-Roman world. One of the themes in the back cover endorsements, and rightly so, is Harland’s challenge to many scholarly assumptions about [...]

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22 Dec 09

Philip Harland on Social History and Social Science

I’m reading through Philip Harland’s Dynamics of Identity in the World of the Early Christians: Associations, Judeans, and Cultural Minorities, kindly sent along to me by T & T Clark for review, and I’d like to first highlight his excellent introduction, which provides a very helpful review of scholarship on social-scientific issues, identity theory, and associations [...]

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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
4 Jul 09

Review: Dictionary of New Testament Background (IVP)

Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship (IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Editors: Craig A. Evans & Stanley E. Porter
Hardcover: 1328 pages
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Year: 2000
ISBN:9780830817801
Buy: IVP; Amazon
Many thanks to Adrianna Wright at IVP for forwarding a review copy! Though this was the last of the New Testament dictionaries in this series by IVP, [...]

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27 Jan 09

The New Testament in Antiquity by Burge, Cohick, and Green

The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within its Cultural Contexts
Authors: Gary M. Burge, Lynn H. Cohick, and Gene E. Green
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310244950
Buy: Zondervan; Amazon
I have to admit that I was salivating about this book since I first saw the author interview posted on Zondervan’s Koinonia blog. I would [...]

3 Comments Posted in book reviews, evangelicalism, new testament, social history, textbooks by Patrick George McCullough
14 Jan 09

Those Brits just don't get it (says John Collins)

In reading on apocalyptic things, I came across this fun bit by John J. Collins in Knowing the End from the Beginning: The Prophetic, The Apocalyptic, and their Relationships (note the use of “Apocalyptic” in the title), edited by Lester L. Grabbe and Robert Haak (T & T Clark):
Categories and definitions were the subject of [...]

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14 Dec 08

Book Review: Jewish Believers in Jesus, Pt. 1

Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries
Editors: Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik
Hardcover: 930 pages
Publisher: Hendrickson
ISBN: 9781565637634
Buy: Hendrickson; Amazon
Though it is a bit overdue, I would like to extend my gratitude to Hendrickson Publishers for sending me a review copy of Jewish Believers in Jesus, edited by Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik. This weighty volume came [...]

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10 Oct 08

Book Review: Christian Origins by Jonathan Knight

I would like to extend my gratitude to Abby at T&T Clark (see their blog) for sending along a fabulous (brand) new survey on the origins of Christianity. Jonathan Knight’s Christian Origins [publisher link - find the table of contents there] is a comprehensive introduction to the Jewish origins of Christianity, with an emphasis on [...]

1 Comment Posted in T&T Clark, apocalypticism, book reviews, books, christian origins, christianity, eschatology, gender roles, jewish-christian relations, jonathan knight, judaism, new testament by Patrick George McCullough
29 Aug 08

In the Mail: The New Testament and Homosexuality by Robin Scroggs

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 [...]

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