How elite are biblical scholars? As an Anabaptist and a biblical-scholar-in-training, I have long wondered what my role is in my own (local and larger) community of faith. For example, Stuart Murray devotes a chapter of his Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition to “congregational hermeneutics” (find a summary of the book here). The idea [...]
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12 May 09
Two of my friends, Matt Barnes and Chris Spinks, are having a lively discussion about meaning over on Matt’s blog. It all started when Matt (NT PhD student at Fuller Seminary) lamented over the “ideological” criticism that wants to do away with historical criticism. He suggested that there is no way to determine valid readings [...]
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Posted in hermeneutics, history
31 Oct 08
So, NT Wrong is an anonymous blogger who likes to get a rise out of folks, particularly “biblical apologists.” His latest project accomplishes that goal pretty well. He has created a list of over 100 bloggers on biblical studies and categorized them between “Very Conservative” and “Very Liberal”. First, the post appeared here, then he [...]
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Posted in categorization, conservative, hermeneutics, inspiration, interpretation, liberal
10 Sep 08
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 [...]
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Posted in American culture, Avalos, DeConick, Koester, academia, bible, biblical studies, career, hermeneutics
31 Jul 08
In a course I am currently taking on Post-Reformation and Modern Theology, the professor (Richard Muller) mentioned the relationship between Johannes Weiss and his father-in-law, Albrecht Ritschl. I first discovered this interesting relationship in my course on the history of NT scholarship. It’s a fascinating historical example.
Ritschl, the theological liberal (a descriptor, not a polemic), [...]
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Posted in Jesus, apocalyptic, apocalypticism, eschatology, hermeneutics, nt scholarship, ritschl, weiss
12 Mar 08
One of the big themes in the history of research on the New Testament is the idea that the Bible should be read like any other historical book. This idea is sort of what kicked off modern research on the Bible in the first place. With the dawn of the Enlightenment, scholars started thinking, why [...]
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Posted in hermeneutics, historical-critical method, scholarship
21 Feb 08
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 [...]
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Posted in Brueggemann, bible, hermeneutics, history, ideological criticism, interpretation, postmodernism, quotes
18 Dec 07
When I was in high school, I spent a couple years as a fundamentalist. To be honest, apart from the horror I caused my parents and the damage I did to my friendships with “unbelievers,” I am in many ways happy that I had this time. Not only did my close-minded bibliolatry (that is, worshiping [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, hermeneutics, men's roles, women's roles
10 Nov 07
This video is disturbing on so many levels, and yet funny at the same time. Interesting how they “Christianize” an offensive sexist rap song and turn it into an offensive Christian sexist rap song:
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Here are some notable lines:
When a girl walks in with a KJV and a bookmark in Proverbs, you get stoked. Gotta name [...]
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Posted in hermeneutics, sexism, video, women's roles
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