Interview with Joel B. Green (Part 2)

We now continue with the second (and last) part of the interview that I conducted with Joel Green.  Please check out the first part, if you have not already done so, HERE.
NKG: Your book is about the ‘body’ and the ‘soul’ in the discussion of the human person. What about the human spirit? Would you [...]

How to Please ‘Theological Interpretation’ Scholars

Now that ‘Theological Interpretation’ is becoming a more specialized sub-field, one can begin to get a sense for what such scholars like and dislike. Here is my list of do’s and dont’s.  This list is meant to be facetious…but I think there may be a grain of truth in some of these
1. [...]

Interview with Joel B. Green (PART 1)

I am pleased to post an interview below that I conducted with Dr. Joel B. Green (Fuller Theological Seminary) on the subject of his new book Body, Soul, and Human Life (Baker, 2008).  In order to better prepare yourself for understanding both my questions and some of Dr. Green’s answers, I encourage you to read [...]

Asbury Seminary names new president…!

Asbury Seminary has named Dr. Timothy Tennent (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) as their eighth president. I remember Dr. Tennent from my time at GCTS and he is a great choice. He teaches World Missions at GCTS and his course is one of the most popular. He has done extensive teaching all around the [...]

Forthcoming Interview with Joel B. Green

I am pleased to announce that I will soon be posting an interview I conducted with Joel B. Green (Fuller Theological Seminary) on the subject of his new book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible (Baker, 2008).  In preparation for this interview, it might help to read my summary [...]

Review of J.B. Green’s BODY, SOUL, AND HUMAN LIFE (BAKER)

Joel Green, professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary, is known as an expert in biblical exegesis (especially in Luke and 1 Peter) as well as in his work on ‘theological interpretation’. One who has already shown breadth and depth of knowledge, he flexes his interdisciplinary muscles by exploring the way [...]

PDF Editor (Free online)

I am considering taking my articles that have been published so far and making them into a nice one-volume book (paperback) that I can send with job applications.  The problem is, self-publishing websites like lulu.com require (I think) that your uploaded book be one pdf file.  I don’t have a very sophisticated pdf editor (foxit), [...]

J. Fitzmyer’s 1 Corinthians Commentary (Anchor-Yale)

I am currently reviewing Fitzmyer’s 1 Corinthians commentary (Anchor-Yale 2008  ) and I thought I would offer some thoughts and reflections on this massive work.
In the first place, I was not surprised to find Fitzmyer writing this volume as he did fine work on Romans in the series.  However, I was also aware that he [...]

3rd Paper Accepted for SBL Rome…

Well, I proposed 3 papers for SBL and all three have been accepted!  Now, I have to choose my favorite two!  Well, here is the 3rd, FYI
Sustaining the Sacred Canopy: John 17 from a Socio-Cognitive Perspective
In this paper I intend to apply the sociological work of Peter L Berger to the matter of prayer in [...]

Second Paper Accepted to SBL (Rome)

I just received word that my second paper has been accepted for SBL (Rome) in the group looking at Methods in NT Studies.
Title: A Methodological Reconsideration of Paul’s Use of Scripture in Philippians
This paper challenges a long-held view that some letters of Paul have more Scriptural quotes than others because of the Jewish education (or [...]