A little while ago, I came across an interesting article by a new Fuller professor in New Testament, David Downs. Downs came to us from his PhD program at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he wrote the article, “‘Early Catholicism’ and Apocalypticism in the Pastoral Epistles” (Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67, no. 4 [October 2005]: 641-661). For [...]
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3 Sep 07
In response to my last post, Michael W-W asked me what schools, programs and mentors I am considering for doctoral studies. At this point, I’m holding my cards close, not merely to be enigmatic, but because I don’t want to appear to favor one program over another in such a public way. To be honest, [...]
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Posted in NT studies, academia, doctoral programs, early church, phd applications
19 Apr 07
Colbert: “What the hell is the Gospel of Judas?”
Originally premiered 4/17/07. For those who don’t know, you can read an English translation of the Gospel of Judas on the National Geographic website. You can also see their Coptic transcription. April DeConick suggests that the National Geographic translation has errors and that Judas is actually “as [...]
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Posted in early church, gospel of judas, video
10 Apr 07
I saw that Jim West (Tertullian) and Judy Redman (Melito of Sardis) tried this out and a bunch of others too. I like my results:
You’re St. Jerome!
You’re a passionate Christian, fiercely devoted to Jesus Christ and his Church. You are willing to labor long hours in the Lord’s vineyard, and you have little patience with [...]
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Posted in early church, online quizzes
10 Mar 07
[This was for an assignment for Early Church History with James Bradley. We were to exegete a particular historical text, in this case Augustine's Correction of the Donatists, by giving some historical context, describe the author's thesis and how he defends it, and briefly evaluate the work. I chose this work by Augustine, instead of [...]
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Posted in augustine, church and state, donatists, early church, violence
1 Feb 07
I have just had an interaction with April DeConick regarding her approach to early Christianity and the response of some bibliobloggers to it. Tensions seem to be revealing themselves and I would like to explore them for a moment. Here is a quote from April DeConick’s Forbidden Gospels Blog:
What impedes our examination of early [...]
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Posted in April DeConick, NT studies, academia, blogging, early church, quotes, secular perspectives
31 Jan 07
April DeConick, Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University, has joined the blogging world this past week with her Forbidden Gospels Blog. I’ve noticed because she’s been welcomed by bloggers at PaleoJudaica, The Busybody, Earliest Christian History, Hypotyposeis, Deinde (with a brief welcome and a longer critique of her [...]
13 Jan 07
I am taking two courses this Winter that have so far had some interesting parallels, especially in regard to legalism. My “Paul and the Law” class is taught by Don Hagner, along with some very capable doctoral students giving presentations. It is an introduction for me into the New Perspective debate on Paul (I will [...]
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Posted in NT studies, New Perspective, Old Perspective, Paul, early church, legalism
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Elsewhere . . .- Some Thoughts On Being A DSS/Second Temple Scholar agathos
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- Fall 2010 Term at Duke Stephen C. Carlson
- NT Blog Seven Years Old Today! Mark Goodacre
- Teaching the Bible e-pub latest Mark Goodacre
- Biblical Studies Carnival, and Other Blog News Mark Goodacre
- First blind PhD graduate in biblical languages? paleojudaica@talktalk.net (Jim Davila)
- CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium rogueclassicist
- Received: Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (author unknown)
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