Paul’s Conversion/Call, a Session of the British New Testament Conference

As the BNTC programme is announced (see ntgateway.com/bntc), I am pleased to announce that yet another interesting session has appeared; the Paul seminar and the Acts seminar are joining together in the second session to discuss ‘Paul’s Damascus Road Experience’:
Barry Matlock (Sheffield) will be treating the issue from the perspective of Paul’s letters
Tim Churchill (London [...]

Markus Bockmuehl at Tyndale Conference (9 July)

It has been mentioned in a few Tyndale announcements that Prof. Bockmuehl will, in fact, be presenting at the NT Tyndale Study Group (9 July, 9.30AM), but the title of the paper has just been announced.  It is as follows:
“Peter, Paul and Simon: Peeling an Old Chestnut in the Pseudo-Clementines”
Other scholars presenting will [...]

An Afternoon with Charles Cranfield–Nijay’s visit

My colleague and friend BEN BLACKWELL paid a visit to the NT scholar C.E.B. Cranfield on Monday and chatted with him for a couple of hours. Yesterday was my turn. Overall, I found Prof. Cranfield to be very warm and welcoming, though he certainly is not restrained in his criticisms of certain scholars [...]

British New Testament Conference (Durham): Update

The Annual British New Testament Conference will be held in Durham this year at St. John’s College.
I have previously announced the plenary speakers (John Barclay, Loveday Alexander, Edward Adams, Dale Martin), but the papers being read are still in the process of final consideration. Some subject seminars have already finalized their group of papers. [...]

Highlights from the SBL (Tentative) Program 2008 (BOSTON)

As others have already announced, the SBL national conference program book has been posted online at www.sbl-site.org.  I took a quick peak at the program and it looks like another great line-up of sessions packed with interesting topics and cutting edge scholarship.  Here are some quick highlights I noticed:
Christian Theology and the Bible
11/22/2008
9:00 AM to [...]

Need Some Advice…

I am about the write a short section in my thesis on the Apostle Paul’s conception of the work of the Holy Spirit.  I know that that is a huge topic, but I am mostly looking at it from the perspective of the instances where he uses it in relationship to cultic metaphors: Temple of [...]

Thoughts on the COMMENTARY ON THE NT USE OF THE OT

Yesterday I received my copy (for review in European Journal of Theology) of Greg Beale and D.A. Carson’s (eds) Commentary on the NT Use of the Old Testament (Baker/Apollos, 2007).  Here are my initial thoughts.
+ It looks slick and that always helps.  You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when it looks this [...]

NIDB – is it better than the ABD?

The NIDB is the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible is a five-volume set (two currently released) from Abingdon (2006-?) which supposedly covers every major person, place, and topic in the Bible with an emphasis on theological concepts and based on the NRSV.  It is/will be written by 900 scholars from 40 countries and across [...]

More on the Book ISRAEL’S GOD AND REBECCA’S CHILDREN

I have noticed a burgeoning interest in the post I made earlier on the FS for Alan Segal and Larry Hurtado entitled Israel’s God and Rebecca’s Children which covers the broad topics of Christology and community in early Judaism and early Christianity. In the next several days I will blog about particularly interesting chapters.
Today [...]