So, you’ve probably seen these charts that compare the number of manuscripts we have of the New Testament to the number of manuscripts we have of other ancient authors. The New Testament, of course, comes out on top in the number of manuscripts: something like 6000 manuscripts in contrast to the next closest, Homer’s Iliad, [...]
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17 Feb 10
19 Sep 09
In a recent book review, I read:
Christians in the first century determined to add a second set of texts to the Hebrew Bible and in the fourth century determined to translate the composite text (in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) into one coherent and narrative Latin text.
I don’t know if this information comes from the author [...]
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Posted in new testament, quotes
19 Aug 09
SBL Career Center has been posting positions for 2010 and I thought I’d take a peek at the spots that are out there. I’m not applying for these spots as I’m not on the market yet, but it’s never too early to investigate the lay of the land. I noticed a common requirement. Historical-critical scholars [...]
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Posted in academia, career, ideological criticism, jobs, new testament
17 Apr 09
Nick asked an interesting question on his blog, a question that I often consider. Is there any person (”scholar, theologian, pastor, or just regular person in your life”) with whom you agree almost all the time? How about the reverse? A while back, I was answering one of my father-in-law’s theological or biblical questions. We [...]
28 Dec 08
I was doing some research on references to “New Testament” in English literature and found this interesting piece from Dickens:
In the New Testament there is the most beautiful and affecting history conceivable by man, and there are the terse models for all prayer and for all preaching. As to the models, imitate them, Sunday preachers [...]
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Posted in Dickens, homiletics, literature, new testament, preaching
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 [...]
1 Oct 08
I am new to the world of honor/shame research and I am now diving in. I know some of the basics, but after reading Bruce Malina’s chapter on honor and shame in his New Testament World, I am still trying to get a hold of this “positive shame” business:
Positive shame, a sense of shame, means [...]
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Posted in anthropology, books, female, gender roles, honor, male, mediterranean society, new testament, shame, sociology
24 Sep 08
( . . . continued from part one)
We can also recognize that Muhammad (peace be upon him) had contact with perhaps not-so-orthodox Christianity. When the Qur’an denies the Trinity, is it the same thing as the “official” Christian doctrine of the Trinity? The Qur’an is set within its historical and cultural context. Not only is [...]
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Posted in Christology, Gospel of John, Islam, Jesus, Koran, Muhammad, Qur'an, Trinity, interfaith, new testament
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- Another Gladiator Grave Claim — This Time Female? rogueclassicist
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