When and where was Philippians written? Philippians is attributed to a Roman provenance ca. 62 CE by most english commentators (see Bockmueh...

Fred Sanders, a contributor to The New Media Frontier , has a good post on Why Professors Blog . It gives a discussion of myself, Scot McKni...

Like all-and-sundry, I have my own own post-SBL/ETS wrap up: 1. Boston was absolutely freezing and far colder than the north of Scotland. Bu...

I think William Campbell has offered an insightful observation about the two competing approaches and resultant theologies in Pauline schola...

This year I was determined to practice discipline in the book room at SBL. I think I was relatively successful in purchasing a handful of bo...

My post ETS/SBL wrap up will be soon enough, but here's something that have been happening in the interim: Ben Myers of Faith and Theolo...

It's that time of year again: airports, bookstalls, chatting, papers, coffee, receptions, renewing friendships, and begging publishers t...

Coming out mid next year is my book, Are You the One Who is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question (Baker 2009). I was a...

The latest issue of Trinity Journal 29.2 (2008) includes: David Jackman Preaching that Connects, Part 2 Internal Transformation: Pastoral Pa...

The latest issue of Tyndale Bulletin 59.2 (2008) includes: Nicholas P. Lunn The Last Words of Jacob and Joseph: A Rhetorico-Structural Anal...

My paper scheduled for 21 Nov 2008 at the Evangelical Theological Society in Boston is available on-line and is entitled: What if Martin Lut...

The latest issue of Bulletin for Biblical Research 18.2 (2008) includes: ARTICLES How Big Was Nineveh? Literal versus Figurative Interpreta...

Des Alexander has a good post on "Is there a wedge being driven between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology?". Des includes...

I've discovered a new blog called Read Better, Preach Better: Bible Hermeneutics, Ethics & Preaching which is run by Con Campbell (...

I find the image of increased fertility and fruitfulness in Col 1:5-6, 10 most interesting: "the gospel, which has come to you, as inde...

From Dr. L.J. Lawrence on behalf of the BNTC: PhD Studentship in Biblical Studies: the Use of the Old Testament in the New Newman University...

I have been racking my brain trying to find a patristic reference (Tertullian or Irenaeus?) that states that all the heretics got part of th...

DTS Prof. Darrell Bock responds to Tony Burke's article on "Heresy Hunting" at SBL Forum . This is a very apt response by Bock...

Dan Reid of IVP posts this quote from the great F.F. Bruce: "No such conclusions [he is referring to pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic bibl...

I don't want to get into debates about American politics, church/state separation, and gay marriage etc. Part of me thinks that Paul and...