Stephen Fowl and Theol Interp of Scripture (Book Review, Part I)

When I lived in Massachusetts, my wife and I would go to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra once in a while.  I like music as much as the next person, but I did not have enough technical knowledge of music theory and composition to really appreciate what was going on in each concert.  It happened, [...]

Quick Update

I have been off of the blogging radar for a while for several reasons, the most pressing: I just returned from a holiday in Rome and I am getting ready to move back to the US having completed my phd.
I have plenty of books waiting for me to crack open and review once I return [...]

Leaving for Rome….

My family and I are leaving for Rome on Monday for a few-days vacation.  Any last-minute suggestions for places to see, eat, relax, take pictures?

Expository Times Sept Issue Online

The September issue of Expository Times is now online.
For NT folk, Paul Foster briefly reviews Doug Moo’s Colossians/Philemon commentary as well as Pervo’s Acts Hermeneia volume.

Hermeneutics Seminar of Brit NT Conference (programme)

I am getting excited about the British New Testament Conference (Aberdeen, this year)- always a fun time and usually some very good papers.  The seminars and paper abstracts are steadily streaming in.  Today the programme for the Hermeneutics seminar is up.  Of three sessions, one is combined with the Paul group.  The other two sessions [...]

Wipf & Stock New and Soon-Coming Releases

I get update emails, once in a while, from Wipf & Stock.  I was pleased today to see that Stephen Fowl’s Theological Interpretation of Scripture book (Cascade Companions series) is now out.  I met Stephen last year at SBL and he is a great guy.  The endorses for this book are all experts and give [...]

Review of Mead’s Biblical Theology

James K. Mead’s Biblical Theology: Issues, Methods, Themes (WJK, 2007), is a wonderful critical introduction to this very important subject.  In many ways, it acts as a history of the study of BT as Mead synthesizes and compares the work of dozens of scholars interested in BT.  Mead leaves no stone unturned when it comes [...]

Keeping Up With Greek – Part 1

When it comes to second (or third or fourth…) language acquisition, the old adage is true: if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.  Ministers and others who took Greek in seminary often struggle with maintaining their knowledge of Greek and Hebrew.  What can you do?  Attempts to ‘re-learn’ Greek often fail as too many [...]

Interview with J. Pennington re: NovTSup (Brill)

Jonathan Pennington is Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He published his thesis with Brill’s Novum Testamentum Supplement Series – a very wise choice.  He was kind enough to share his experience with me.
What is especially exciting is that he has published his thesis additionally as an affordable paperback [...]

Interview with B. Reynolds re: WUNT II (Mohr Siebeck)

Benjamin Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Tyndale University College & Seminary (Ontario, Canada).  Again, Benjamin is an alum of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – my own alma mater.  He studied for his PhD at Aberdeen under Simon Gathercole (who studied here at Durham and was my external examiner).  He is definitely someone to [...]