Rome and Teaching the New Testament (need advice)

Later in August, my family and I are taking a holiday in Rome to end our time here in Europe.  I haven’t been to Italy since I was in high school and I am very excited (my wife graciously let me choose the location of our European holiday).  One of the things I am particularly [...]

SBL Meeting Program Online (again…)

See Here.
I will post some highlights soon.

Interview with M Goodacre on publishing with LNTS

I have recently had the pleasure of exchanging some emails with Mark Goodacre (Duke) who is the series editor for the Library of New Testament Studies under T & T Clark (Continuum, London).  T & T Clark has very wisely offered a helpful website dedicated to offering potential authors information on the series.  See HERE.
Mark [...]

Choosing a monograph series to publish with (case studies)

As I am currently researching and learning more about publishers and thier monograph series, I would like to blog about my experience and also the information I am gathering. I aim to have a page on my blog (see above) which will have information on the top 4-6 monograph publishers for New Testament.
Open invitation: I [...]

The Living Word – 2nd Ed Book Notice (JDG Dunn)

I am not familiar with the first edition (1988), but I had talked to Jimmy before about the authority of the Bible and he had mentioned his discussion of ‘the living word’.
Here is a tantalizing quote about how the NT and the canon can be understood as ‘the living word’: ‘The phrase makes it clear [...]

Random Notes on Completing Your PhD

It has come as a surprise to many that I finished my PhD in the timeframe allotted to me (36 months; my viva came at the end of the 34th month).  It is true that many NT students finish later – 3.5-4 years is common and 5 years is not unheard of.  How did I [...]

From Phd thesis to monograph…?

So, even just a day later I am eager to fit this thesis for publishing.  My examiners were happy to pass my thesis as is for the phd, but they tacitly made it known that it needed work for publication.  I am OK with that, but the question is always – how much do I [...]

Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (Review)

I have finally finished reading Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (eds. Gaventa and RB Hays; Eerdmans).  This is a scholarly book about Jesus, obviously.  And, yet, it is of a different kind than the traditional book that goes on a quest for the ‘historical Jesus’.  As a project undertaken by scholars associated with [...]

And the Verdict is…..?

I passed my viva (with the correcting of some typos)!  It took place from 2pm-4pm and Francis Watson and Simon Gathercole were both very friendly and helpful.  They did press me hard on a few things, and I certainly need to reflect some more on some issues before sending it to a publisher, but they [...]

Think on this – A deep and penetrating quote

In my recent preparation for my viva (tomorrow!), I have been doing some ‘general reading’ in Pauline theology.  I had to stop and ponder when I reached this choice sentence from Lou Martyn:
[Paul] says in effect that the foundation of the cosmos has been subjected to a volcanic
explosion that has scattered the pieces into new [...]