Robert Morgan in his excellent book, The Nature of New Testament Theology (featuring essays by Wrede and Schlatter) includes this hypotheti...

I'm currently working my way through some studies in New Testament Theology where (Lord willing) I hope to invest a great amount of time...

I've never been able to get into the obsessive-compulsive infatuation of my Reformed brothers and sisters with the word/concept of ...

As I've said before, if I were planting a church I would call it "Third Race" (see Aristides, Apology for more info). That is...

Justin Martyr has several references to a "new covenant". The most thought provoking is this one: ‘[T]he new covenant … announced ...

One more post on the issue of "living like a Gentile" in Galatians 2:14. Mark Nanos has a novel interpretation of the clause which...

When did Paul get his "commission" to go to the Gentiles? Was it on the Damascus Road (e.g. Gal. 1.13-14; Acts 26:14-15) or a subs...

My thanks goes to Aaron Ghilioni of Brisbane, Australia (aka Brisvegas or the New Zion) who draws attention to the recent Oscar victory by ...

Anglican scholar James Dickson has a commentary on James: The Wisdom of the Brother of Jesus which appears useful, exerpts of which are avai...

Tom Wright has offered a response to the hoo-haa about Rowan William's lecture on Law and Religion in Britain. I liked this quote from ...

There is a documentary on Jesus that looks absolutely brilliant. It is called The Christ Files and it is by John Dickson (an excellent NT s...

This Sunday gone I departed from my normal routine in order to go and hear a student of mine preach what turned out to be a very good first-...

I got an email from Michael Pritchard of Zondervan , and he informed me about a blog post that highlights the work of Karen Jobes (Wheaton) ...

I'm currently working on my Tyndale Lecture which will be about Biblical Theology and Christian Origins. At the moment we are privileged...

I am keen to pursue study of NT Theology before Wrede and I'm (chasing up) and looking forward to reading over: Georg Lorenz Bauer, Bibl...

Forgive the intrusion of personal details, but I have just celebrated my 9th wedding anniversary with my beloved wife, Naomi . We now enter ...

While surfing the RBL "books for review" the following stood out: Timothy: Paul's Closest Associate Malina, Bruce Collegeville...

In chapter four of Seeing the Word , Bockmuehl looks at Peter and Paul in terms of reception and history. In Patristic literature and in ar...

Nicholas Perrin Lost in Transmission? What Can We Know About the Words of Jesus? Nashville, TNA: Thomas Nelson, 2007. Available from Amazon....

A good deal of the interpretation of the Antioch Incident rests, it seems to me, squarely on the interpretation of Gal 2:14: “If you being a...