James Crossley at Earliest Christian History asks: "what is an evangelical?" and “what is an evangelical biblical scholar?”. The...

Whilst I'm on the topic of short pithy quotes I remember from historical Jesus books, here is a paraphrase from Marinius de Jonge's ...

I enjoy most of Leander E. Keck's works. His volume Jesus in Perfect Tense was a good read. There was one quote that struck me in par...

Scot McKnight and James Hamilton are both blogging on Calvinism at the moment. Both feeds are worth checking out and they come from contr...

Romans: A New Covenant Commentary William J. Dumbrell The blurb reads: Romans: A New Covenant Commentary offers an exposition of Romans in...

Ever since I read Wright’s NTPG and Ben F. Meyer’s Critical Realism and the New Testament , I’ve been convinced that critical realism (hence...

After reading several blogs and emails it appears that my profiling of NT bloggers and NT Buffs are shockingly accurate – or at least parti...

It appears that my proposal of NT biblio-bloggers meeting at MacDonald’s during the BNTC has met with disappointment, dismay and disgust. M...

Here's where I'm at: The thesis was handed to the printery and should be ready on the 5th of August which is D-Day. The movers came ...

1. Whenever you listen to a sermon on the NT you always wonder what commentaries the preacher used. 2. The back of your toilet door has Gree...

If some generous benefactor happened to be willing to pick up my tab on a spending spree at Amazon.com my purchases would probably include: ...

Over the last 3 years I’ve spent a lot of time looking over Matt 8.11-12 – ‘I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with ...

One of the best books I have read in recent times is by Bruce Longenecker of St. Andrews Uni in Scotland, The Lost Letter’s of Pergamum . ...

Given Mark’s editorial remark and application of 7.15 in 7.19c ‘and declaring all foods clean’ [lit. cleansing all foods] could that imply a...

NT scholar Ben Witherington has started a blog called: Ben Witherington . He teaches at Asbury Theological Seminary and is a prolific autho...

Without going into a whole detailed argument about authenticity etc. Here's my brief reflections on Mk. 7.15 re: authenticity. Context ...

Recent conversations on Mk. 7.15 by James Crossley at Earliest Christian History and Michael Turton at The Sword have drawn my attention. ...

According to Dove Book sellers, John Nolland's volume in the NIGTC series will be out in September! Nolland's 3 volume work on Luk...

In less than 48 hrs I submit my thesis to the Uni of Queensland for printing and binding, and then, seven days or so later, it gets handed o...

James Crossley at Early Christian History notes several pertinent publications from Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism . What ...