I did not make the Top 50 this month again. Instead I am #94. Maybe someone can shed some light onto Alexa for me. Last month I had 835 views on this blog and I made it to #51 on the list. This month I have had 1567 views and I moved downward. How did [...]
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I got home a little while ago, and when I went down to the mailbox I was thrilled to see a package waiting for me. This box comes from Göttingen, Germany and contains three books from the publishing house of Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Here’s what was inside: New and Old in Matthew 11-13 by Lena [...]
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I was reading in Acts the other day and thought that this sounded a whole lot like socialism: All who believed were together and held everything in common, and they began selling their property and possessions and began distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need. (Acts 2:44-45 NET) Being an American, it is [...]
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Over at Hesed we ‘emet, John has posted his interview with Dr. Walter Brueggemann. He is an Old Testament scholar and this site is mainly devoted to New Testament studies, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t get pulled off of that track from time to time when there is something as important as an [...]
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Jesus, the Final Days: What Really Happened Authors: Craig A. Evans and N. T. Wright Paperback: 116 pages Publisher: Westminster John Knox ISBN-10: 0-664-23359-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-664-23359-4 Cokesbury Amazon Barnes & Noble CBD Thank you, Westminster John Knox, for allowing me the chance to read through and review this book. I truly appreciate the experience and [...]
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This week’s interview is with Dr. Andreas Köstenberger of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society and author of titles such as the commentary on John from the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. My thanks go out to Dr. Köstenberger for his willingness [...]
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Matthew Burgess over at Confessions of a Bible Junkie is giving away what should be a great title: The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings by Bart Ehrman. I’d love the opportunity to read that one! If you want a chance to win it, all you have to do is link [...]
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I don’t know if this has made the rounds of biblioblogdom yet (I’m almost certain it has), but just in case it hasn’t here is an incredible video explaining the awesomeness of Biblical (Koine) Greek. Enjoy! MSE
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Over at Bible.org there’s a newly published article by Patrick Zukeran. It covers the historical reliability of the Gospels. Zukeran writes on the internal and external dating of NT documents (especially the Gospels), oral transmission, transmission, and the effect of miracles on the Gospels’ reliability. It seems to be a good, basic defense of the [...]
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Just In & Upcoming Reviews
Today has been a great day! I just received eight more titles from three different publishers. It’s a lot! In fact it is the most I have received at any one time. So, as to take up as little room as I can in this post, here they are: From Brill Academic Publishers: A Handbook [...]
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