Coming this January, at a UCLA campus near you (or not so near, as the case may be), I will be presenting a lecture on Hebrew Civilization and Second Temple Judaism within the context of the course “Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations, Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843.” I will be TAing for two sections [...]
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14 Dec 08
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 [...]
10 Oct 08
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 [...]
7 Oct 08
This past Monday, I gave my first oral presentation (my first assignment!) of my doctoral career at UCLA. For our class on “Jews, Gentiles, and Christians in the Roman World,” taught by Ra’anan Boustan, we first covered the historiography of how Christian writers have treated Judaism throughout the millennia. The major works that I presented [...]
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Posted in anti-judaism, anti-semitism, apologetics, bias, classes, jewish-christian relations, judaism, scholarship, ucla
12 Feb 08
Yesterday a friend of mine, who had just come back from an interfaith retreat and had picked up a cold, said, “The Jews made me sick.” Well, she was sitting in between two Jews, both with bad colds, at a dinner during the retreat and she happened to pick up what they had. But, given [...]
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Posted in NT studies, jewish/christian relations, judaism, new testament, prophecy, scholarship, whiston
7 Jan 08
A very important question has been asked on the On Faith blog, which is sponsored by the Washington Post and Newsweek. For those unfamiliar with the blog, it generally asks a controversial question relating to faith and gets several academics and religious leaders and others to respond. The responses are not always very long, [...]
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Posted in judaism
29 Dec 07
I have just noticed that the SBL session reviewing “Jewish Christianity” (S19-116) is available for free audio download (HT: JC Baker). I will be reflecting on the exchange between Hagner and Nanos a little later (as has Matt Barnes on his blog), but I thought that I would share Hagner’s response to Nanos’ critique here [...]
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Posted in Hagner, Jewish Believers in Jesus, Nanos, Paul, SBL, Skarsaune, early christianity, jewish christianity, judaism
27 Dec 07
I received a Christmas gift from Hendrickson Publishers while I was away visiting my wife’s family. They have graciously sent along what is a very important publication on “Jewish Christianity”: Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries edited by Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik. This book, along with Jewish Christianity Reconsidered edited by Matt Jackson-McCabe, [...]
16 Jul 07
Don’t look at me! It’s not my question. Someone actually googled that inquiry to get to this blog post.
So… anybody have a good answer for this visitor?
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Posted in google search, hebrew bible, judaism, old testament
2 Nov 06
During my class with James VanderKam this past Summer, “Introduction to Early Judaism,” I was reading the Rule of the Community (1QS) from the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) and the concept of communal sharing of goods struck me. There seemed to be an interesting parallel with Qumran (if that’s truly where the DSS were written) [...]
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Posted in Acts, community, dead sea scrolls, early church, judaism, quotes
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Elsewhere . . .- Michael Goulder Bibliography Mark Goodacre
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- Messiah College receives federal recognition for commitment to community service - Patriot-News (author unknown)
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- Life Before Google James F. McGrath
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- My New Association with Asbury Theological Seminary Nijay Gupta
- SBL Midwest Night One - Texts and Jewish Identity J. Brian Tucker
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