SBL 2006 Paul and Scripture Group Archives

For those interested in the Old Testament in the New, I was just informed that the papers read at the 2006 annual SBL conference are posted on Bruce Fisk’s website: www.westmont.edu/~fisk/paulandscripture/Papers.html
Papers were presented by NT scholars such as Steve Moyise, Stanley Porter and Christopher Stanley.  Though I have not read them yet, the titles look [...]

Book Sale at St. John’s College, Durham

Today St. John’s college was selling old library books (from the college library) and about two dozen people turned up for the ‘opening’ at 10.30 this morning.  I didn’t know what to expect (having come from Christian Book Distributors famed ‘warehouse’ sales where you could get new commentaries for under $5).  But it turned out [...]

Biblical Resource: ANRW

Since coming to Durham, I have stumbled upon a reference collection that is very valuable for anyone wanting to dive into the world of the New Testament and learn more about the Jewish and Graeco-Roman context.  It is ANRW, or, Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt (Rise and Decline of the Roman World).  It [...]

More Biblical Resources

I would like to recommend a book I turn to quite often, David deSilva’s Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture.  deSilva, a professor at Ashland Theological Seminary (my hometown), is an evangelical and an expert in social-scientific criticism and a wise exegete as well.  This book is somewhat of an introduction to [...]

Feeding the addiction of commentary-o-philes

If you love biblical commentaries, as I do, you eagerly anticipate the latest volumes by our favorite authors. Well, I thought you might be interested in knowing what is coming down the pipeline in pauline commentaries (with Acts through in). BTW – I received this info from another commentary-o-phile: parableman.
ACTS: Darrell Bock [...]

Biblical Studies Resources

For those of you that honour me by reading my blog regularly or semi-regularly, I thought I would share (as often as I can) resources that I have found helpful.  Maybe others (like B. Blackwell) can do the same!
So, to start things off, I will mention two.
First, when I was in the US over Christmas, [...]

More on Watson

I received more information about F. Watson’s role.  He will be teaching one masters module per year and doing ‘a lot of research supervision’.  Also, it is confirmed that Watson is not replacing anyone.  He is an additional member of the staff.  So, no fears for current and incoming students!  If only he were coming [...]

More movement in Scotland???

I heard that Bruce Longenecker and Markus Bockmuehl may be leaving St. Andrews.  Can anyone verify this?

Francis Watson to join Durham staff

We have just received word that Francis Watson is joining our NT staff in the fall.  Apparently he will continue to work from Aberdeen for a year or so before making the move, but will make trips to visit us from time to time.  This is a real boon for our already stellar staff.  What [...]

Details, details…(my thoughts on citing works in footnotes)

Let me preface this post by saying that this is going be one of my more boring comments, so don’t read this late at night or else you may crush your keyboard with your face when you doze off.  Ok.
When writing footnotes in your doctoral thesis, it is helpful to have a consistent citation style.  [...]