Archive for June, 2009

Eerdmans Summer and Fall Books

June 28, 2009

Eerdmans has recently updated their ‘coming soon‘ section of their website.  They have their book releases now from July to October (in the run up to SBL, no doubt!).
Here are some interesting items
Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (July) – Douglas Campbell

In this scholarly book Douglas Campbell pushes beyond both [...]

Notes on Ephesians commentaries

June 24, 2009

In the last couple of months I have been doing some research in Ephesians.  This is an exciting letter to study, not only for its robust theology, but also because of its history of scholarship.  There are still so many mysteries (!) in this letter – its purpose, setting, authorship, thesis statement, etc…  I am [...]

Greg Beale leaving Wheaton? Biblical Studies chair vacancy…

June 22, 2009

UPDATE: Beale is leaving for Westminster Theological Seminary.  In an interview, he talks about ‘coming home’ theologically when he thinks about his move to WTS.  He also feels this is a good time to go to WTS in light of recent events there (which seems to be in relation to Peter Enns).  There will, no [...]

Review of G.D. Fee’s Galatians Commentary (Part II)

June 19, 2009

In the earlier part, I simply introduced the commentary by Fee.  Now I will press on to comment on the content and theological perspective of Fee’s excellent commentary.
On introductory issues, Fee has little to say.  He favors the Southern Galatians view just slightly (with the mentioning of Barnabas being the tipping factor).  More controversially, Fee [...]

New Expository Times issue

June 15, 2009

July 2009 – see HERE.
In the new ExT issue, there is an interesting article by David Sim on the history of the interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel.  Here is the abstract (the title is: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW):
The Gospel of Matthew, the most influential Gospel in the ancient Christian Church, has [...]

Review of G.D. Fee’s Galatians Commentary (Part I)

June 15, 2009

Gordon Fee is not someone that I expect that I need to introduce to most of my readers.  His work on the Holy Spirit, textual criticism (and NT exegesis in general), Philippians, 1 Corinthians, the Pastoral Epistles, and ecclesiology is well-known.  Most recently, he penned a mammoth volume on Paul’s Christology, a work that will [...]

Festschrift for EP Sanders

June 12, 2009

I just came across the new FS for EP Sanders (See HERE).
Contributors include: Fabian E. Udoh, D. Moody Smith, E. P. Sanders, Jouette M. Bassler, Shaye J.D. Cohen, Albert I. Baumgarten, Cynthia M. Baker, Israel J. Yuval, Martin Goodman, Eric M. Meyers, Jürgen Zangenberg, Seán Freyne, Peter Richardson, Adele Reinhartz, Paula Fredriksen, Stephen Hultgren, John [...]

Regent College Summer Courses (2009)

June 12, 2009

One of my supervisors, John Barclay, told me that he was going to be teaching a course over the summer at Regent College.  I decided to take a peek at what this summer programme was all about.  In fact, there are several eminent scholars lined up to teach intensive courses.  Check it out HERE.
John Barclay [...]

I LOVE lulu.com (for self-publishing needs)!

June 11, 2009

www.lulu.com is a self-publishing company that allows anyone to print up and sell their own book.  They even offer assistance (for extra $$$) in marketing your book on amazon.com.
Its easy – just upload the pdf of your book that you wrote.  When it comes to cover design, you can simply upload your own cover jpeg [...]

British NT Conference paper accepted

June 11, 2009

The paper will be given in the Hermeneutics seminar (my second year giving a paper there).
Here is the title and abstract:
Mirroring-Reading Paraenesis and Moral Discourses in an Ancient Letter: Sexual Immorality in Romans and 1 Thessalonians as Test-cases
Over twenty years ago, Prof. John M.G. Barclay wrote a seminal article (JSNT 31: 73-93) on the important [...]