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28 March 2016

In the footsteps of Judas (TV show)

I was thinking I’d write a review/summary of the BBC show In the Footsteps of Judas, shown on BBC1 on Good Friday—but Ian Paul has done such a good job that I’ll simply point you to his blog on the show. In sum: a very worthwhile show with good scholars (Simon Gathercole, Helen Bond, Joan Taylor, Anthony Cane, Peter Stanford) and a good...

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30 January 2016

Will Ross reviews R. Scott Gleaves on Did Jesus Speak Greek?

Here’s a fine review/response to R. Scott Gleaves’ book Did Jesus Speak Greek? by my friend Will Ross. Will is a fine Septuagintalist, working on a Cambridge PhD at present, and has very helpful things—in agreement and in dispute—to say on this book, which revisits the debate over the language(s) which were around in first-century Palestine and (thus) the probable...

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19 October 2015

A third thoughtful interaction on Chris Keith’s Jesus against the Scribal Elite

Here’s the third of the series of interesting interactions of scholars with my colleague Chris Keith over his excellent book Jesus against the Scribal Elite (first here and second here, plus my original review here). This time Chris Skinner engages with the book and focuses on issues around criteria for authenticity, and the offensiveness of suggesting that Jesus was illiterate to...

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14 October 2015

A very thoughtful discussion of Chris Keith’s Jesus against the Scribal Elite

There’s a fascinating and very thoughtful conversation going on about my excellent colleague Chris Keith’s fine book, Jesus against the Scribal Elite going on at Syndicate Theology. The first essay response to the book is by Dagmar Winter, and it’s followed by an excellent response by Chris Keith himself. This is a conversation worth following for those interested in...

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7 September 2015

Congratulations, Andrew Lincoln, on your Festschrift!

Warm congratulations to Professor Andrew Lincoln on the presentation of his Festschrift at the British New Testament Conference in Edinburgh last week. It was a great delight to be present for the occasion, when Dr Lloyd Pietersen, one of the editors, presented the volume to him (see above). Conception, Reception, and the Spirit: Essays in Honor of Andrew T. Lincoln Edited...

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22 April 2015

Cities of God? conference schedule and abstracts now available!

We are greatly looking forward to welcoming the speakers and delegates for the ‘Cities of God?’ conference to St Mary’s University, Twickenham in one month’s time, on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May. The conference schedule and abstracts are now available in pdf format, and can be downloaded from here. This promises to be an exciting and interesting time, with presentations...

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