Tag Archives: Gospels

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

30 January 2016 by Steve Walton
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    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 language(s) which Jesus himself spoke. Well worth reading.

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

19 October 2015 by Steve Walton
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    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 his (generally highly literate) followers today. Chris Keith provides a feisty and clarifying response. Worth a read!

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

14 October 2015 by Steve Walton
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    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 the cutting edge of studies of the historical Jesus. See also my long-ish review of the book, which provides a helpful summary.

Congratulations, Andrew Lincoln, on your Festschrift!

7 September 2015 by Steve Walton
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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 by J. Gordon McConville and Lloyd K. Pietersen Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2015 And here’s the Contents list—this is (as Andrew remarked) a stellar collection of Continue reading →

Cities of God? conference schedule and abstracts now available!

22 April 2015 by Steve Walton
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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 from the perspectives of Classics, New Testament Studies, and Human Geography to illuminate our themes, which are (i) exploring the impact and influence of the ancient Continue reading →