Durham New Testament Seminar

The schedule for the NT seminars at Durham has been posted.  If you are in or around Durham, or perhaps planning a visit, take note of these speakers and dates.  I noticed that several of these papers are previews of the same topics to be presented at SBL in Nov.  Eddie Adams is technically the [...]

Best on Philippians 3

I received, earlier, a comment asking me to offer a place to start for reading Phil. 3.  Now, my paper at Exeter was more focused on Phil. 1, but I did have to dip into chapt. 3, so I can offer a few thoughts.  Chapter 3 deals with several issues (enemies, Paul’s background, suffering/glory-resurrection), but [...]

British New Testament Society Conference Exeter

Well, my family and I are back from BNTC (Exeter). Afterwards we spent a couple of days with a friend in Wales – a beautiful place with friendly people.
This was my first BNTC and it was a real delight. There are a number of seminars going on simultaneously including Synoptic Gospels, Revelation, Johannine, [...]