Saturday, December 06, 2003
Bibliography: General Helps
I have updated my Bibliography: General Helps page too. I have refreshed a couple of the links, deleted a moribund one, reorganised the page and added two new links, Tyndale House Library Catalogue and Free Out of Print Book Search. The former has one particularly useful feature -- it brings up links to full-text searches on Amazon (though these searches are not working at the point of writing this entry, at Amazon's end and not Tyndale's). The latter is a useful resource from Peter Kirby, author of the Early Christian Writings web site and more. Go to:
Bibliography: General Helps
Bibliography: General Helps
BSW
I also commented the other day that I thought the Multi-Library Search at BSW had not been functioning for some time. Since then I've tried writing to BSW at three different email addresses all advertised on their site and all bounced straight back. So I think it's safe to assume that they have not got their act together and I've dropped that entry from the Bibliographical Search Engines page.
Red Light Green again
I commented yesterday that one of the advantages of Theoldi is that it provides bibliography-ready citations. Since I've begun using Red Light Green (see blog entry on), I've noticed that one of the massive advantages is that it can format your citations for you according to Chicago style, Harvard style etc. -- very useful. But it only lists books, so one still has to use Theoldi for articles.
The Passion of the Christ official website
The official web site for The Passion of the Christ has been launched. It has a new, shorter teaser trailer (though you can still see the longer one at the Passion fan site) and some information about the film -- cast and crew, pictures etc. It's a new site and so parts of it have "coming soon":
The Passion of the Christ
You can register for the latest news. You'll probably need to turn up the brightness on your monitor. There's a rather dubious comment under "Background Info" to this effect,
Update: I've added a link to this new official site to my page on The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ
You can register for the latest news. You'll probably need to turn up the brightness on your monitor. There's a rather dubious comment under "Background Info" to this effect,
All the characters in the film are heard speaking the languages they would actually have spoken at the time. This means Aramaic for the Jewish characters, including Christ and his disciples, and "street Latin" for the Romans. Greek, which was commonly spoken among the intellectuals of the period was not quite as relevant to the story.The latter comment is a fudge if I've ever seen one; it looks like the problem is that the film was shot with Latin dialogue and that only subsequently was it realised that they should have used Greek.
Update: I've added a link to this new official site to my page on The Passion of the Christ
Friday, December 05, 2003
BiBIL
Stephen Carlson recently mentioned the BiBIL web site on his blog. This was demonstrated by Thomas Naef in the SBL Computer Assisted Research Section in Atlanta a week or so ago and it seems like an excellent resource. BiBIL stands for Biblical Bibliography of Lausanne. Here's the URL:
BiBIL
I've written to Thomas Naef to ask for permission to added it to my All-in-One Biblical Resources Search but have not heard anything yet.
I like to put this kind of resource to the test by checking how they perform on the author I know best -- me. BiBIL returns six titles for Goodacre, two out of three of my books and four out of twelve of my articles. So we could give it about six out of ten. By way of comparison, I have done the same search on Theoldi, which also managed two out of three of my books but six out of twelve of my articles. So Theoldi performs a bit better -- let's give it six and a half out of ten. Let's try another search.
The author I know second best is Michael Goulder. Let's compare performance again. BiBIL finds 36 titles for Goulder; Theoldi finds 49. The difference here is date -- BiBIL's cut-off seems to be about 1985 or so whereas Theoldi's appears to be 1981 or so. So again Theoldi wins, but this time by a higher margin.
One additional advantage of Theoldi is its output -- it provides its results in bibliography-ready format -- very helpful indeed for authors checking references. But BiBIL has two advantages over Theoldi -- it gives a bit more detail on entries (e.g. book ISBNs) and it has more advanced searching facilities, e.g. Greek and Hebrew facilities. So I think I'll continue using Theoldi, but will also be turning to BiBIL from time to time.
BiBIL
I've written to Thomas Naef to ask for permission to added it to my All-in-One Biblical Resources Search but have not heard anything yet.
I like to put this kind of resource to the test by checking how they perform on the author I know best -- me. BiBIL returns six titles for Goodacre, two out of three of my books and four out of twelve of my articles. So we could give it about six out of ten. By way of comparison, I have done the same search on Theoldi, which also managed two out of three of my books but six out of twelve of my articles. So Theoldi performs a bit better -- let's give it six and a half out of ten. Let's try another search.
The author I know second best is Michael Goulder. Let's compare performance again. BiBIL finds 36 titles for Goulder; Theoldi finds 49. The difference here is date -- BiBIL's cut-off seems to be about 1985 or so whereas Theoldi's appears to be 1981 or so. So again Theoldi wins, but this time by a higher margin.
One additional advantage of Theoldi is its output -- it provides its results in bibliography-ready format -- very helpful indeed for authors checking references. But BiBIL has two advantages over Theoldi -- it gives a bit more detail on entries (e.g. book ISBNs) and it has more advanced searching facilities, e.g. Greek and Hebrew facilities. So I think I'll continue using Theoldi, but will also be turning to BiBIL from time to time.
Pirated version of The Passion of Christ
In a piece on Pirated Movies, the LA Times mention that:
The FBI began investigating the unauthorized release to the New York Post of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" two weeks ago; by the time that probe began, federal authorities already had launched a broader investigation into the unauthorized copying of numerous other first-run films, according to sources.
Latest Biblica on-line
Biblica 84/4 (2003) is now available here:
Biblica 84 (2003) (scroll down for Fasc. 4)
It includes the following NT articles:
Christoph G. Müller, "Der Zeuge und das Licht. Joh 1,1–4,3 und das Darstellungsprinzip der su/gkrisij, pp. 479-509
Stefano Romanello, "Rom 7,7-25 and the Impotence of the Law. A Fresh Look at a Much-Debated Topic Using Literary-Rhetorical Analysis", pp. 510-30
Sigurd Grindheim, "What the OT Prophets Did Not Know: The Mystery of the Church in Eph 3,2-13" , pp. 531-553
John J. Kilgallen, "Martha and Mary: Why at Luke 10,38-42?", pp. 554-561
Biblica 84 (2003) (scroll down for Fasc. 4)
It includes the following NT articles:
Christoph G. Müller, "Der Zeuge und das Licht. Joh 1,1–4,3 und das Darstellungsprinzip der su/gkrisij, pp. 479-509
Stefano Romanello, "Rom 7,7-25 and the Impotence of the Law. A Fresh Look at a Much-Debated Topic Using Literary-Rhetorical Analysis", pp. 510-30
Sigurd Grindheim, "What the OT Prophets Did Not Know: The Mystery of the Church in Eph 3,2-13" , pp. 531-553
John J. Kilgallen, "Martha and Mary: Why at Luke 10,38-42?", pp. 554-561
Thursday, December 04, 2003
Latest Biblical Theology Bulletin
Further to my previous blog entry on the improved LookSmart's Find Articles site, they have uploaded the latest (Fall 2003) edition of Biblical Theology Bulletin. Contents are as follows (all full text articles free to access for all):
Nanos, Mark D, editor. The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation.(Book Review)
by Richard B. Cook
William G. Dever, Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?(Book Review)
by Ralph K. Hawkins
Beatrice Bruteau, editor. Jesus Through Jewish Eyes: Rabbis and Scholars Engage an Ancient Brother in a New Conversation.(Book Review)
by John F. Craghan
Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., feminist mentor: rightly did the maidens love him.
by Carole R. Fontaine
Roland Murphy, The Pontifical Biblical Commission, Jews, and the Bible.(Book Review)
by Amy-Jill Levine
Postmodernism and the interpretation of biblical texts for behavior.
by John F. O'Grady
The book of Isaiah--Theses and Hypotheses.(Critical Essay)
by J. Clinton McCann, Jr.
A season for thanksgiving.(Presenting the issue)
by David M. Bossman
Nanos, Mark D, editor. The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation.(Book Review)
by Richard B. Cook
William G. Dever, Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?(Book Review)
by Ralph K. Hawkins
Beatrice Bruteau, editor. Jesus Through Jewish Eyes: Rabbis and Scholars Engage an Ancient Brother in a New Conversation.(Book Review)
by John F. Craghan
Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., feminist mentor: rightly did the maidens love him.
by Carole R. Fontaine
Roland Murphy, The Pontifical Biblical Commission, Jews, and the Bible.(Book Review)
by Amy-Jill Levine
Postmodernism and the interpretation of biblical texts for behavior.
by John F. O'Grady
The book of Isaiah--Theses and Hypotheses.(Critical Essay)
by J. Clinton McCann, Jr.
A season for thanksgiving.(Presenting the issue)
by David M. Bossman
Find Articles improves site
FindArticles.com has been transformed -- and greatly for the better. Its new name is LookSmart's Find Articles. Everything is at the same address as before, a huge relief because it would have involved a massive amount of updating on my part, but there are two major improvements: (1) the site looks much better; (2) journals can now be browsed issue by issue. This is a major advance over the old version of the site, for which one could only search out articles and could not browse. Homepage for the revamped site:
LookSmart's Find Articles
The two major journals of interest to New Testament scholars and students hosted here are:
Biblical Theology Bulletin
and
Harvard Theological Review
You can access both, of course, from the NT Gateway: Journals page.
LookSmart's Find Articles
The two major journals of interest to New Testament scholars and students hosted here are:
Biblical Theology Bulletin
and
Harvard Theological Review
You can access both, of course, from the NT Gateway: Journals page.
Willem-Jan de Wit on 4Q521
There's been some discussion of 4Q521 on the Xtalk list recently and this link has just come up:
Expectations and the Expected One: 4Q521 and the Light It Sheds on the New Testament
Willem-Jan de Wit
It's an on-line version of a thesis submitted for the Dutch equivalent of a Masters-title, which the author received cum laude from the Faculty of Theology at Utrecht University in 2000. It was supervized by Prof. Dr. P.W. van der Horst (Utrecht) and examined by him with Dr. L.T. Stuckenbruck (Durham, UK). It's a good piece of work, especially at Masters level, though I would have liked to see a more nuanced discussion of the source-critical issues involved in the section on 4Q521 and Mat 11:2-6 // Luke 7:18-23; de Wit looks at the possibility that Matthew knew Luke, following Hengel's sketch, without looking at the more detailed -- and I would say much more plausible -- view that Luke knew Matthew. But that comment aside, this is a useful piece of work and well done to him for putting it on the web.
Expectations and the Expected One: 4Q521 and the Light It Sheds on the New Testament
Willem-Jan de Wit
It's an on-line version of a thesis submitted for the Dutch equivalent of a Masters-title, which the author received cum laude from the Faculty of Theology at Utrecht University in 2000. It was supervized by Prof. Dr. P.W. van der Horst (Utrecht) and examined by him with Dr. L.T. Stuckenbruck (Durham, UK). It's a good piece of work, especially at Masters level, though I would have liked to see a more nuanced discussion of the source-critical issues involved in the section on 4Q521 and Mat 11:2-6 // Luke 7:18-23; de Wit looks at the possibility that Matthew knew Luke, following Hengel's sketch, without looking at the more detailed -- and I would say much more plausible -- view that Luke knew Matthew. But that comment aside, this is a useful piece of work and well done to him for putting it on the web.
Magnus Zetterholm
Thanks to Magnus Zetterholm for pointing out his new web page to me; it's now added to my Scholars pages under "Z" and that's not very common. Dr Zetterholm also points out to me that he has a new book out from Routledge that may be of interest:
The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social-Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity. London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN: 0415298962
This book deals with the question of how Christianity in the beginning of the second century became a non-Jewish, Gentile religion. Since Christianity was originally one of many Jewish factions within the diversified Judaism of the period, the problem of its separation from Judaism is a major puzzle in the history of Western civilization. While previous attempts to solve this problem have focused mainly on ideological aspects, this study emphasizes the interplay between sociological and ideological elements.
It is argued that the separation between Judaism and Christianity in Antioch was a result of the socio-political situation in the Roman Empire and ideological elements within the Jewish faction of the Jesus movement that primarily concerned the status of Gentiles within the movement. The separation was mainly a separation between Jews and Gentiles within the Jesus movement. The Gentile adherents to the movement strove to become a legally recognised voluntary association completely separated from Judaism. The anti-Judaism of early Christianity was used as a resource in this struggle of independence, as part of the programme of convincing the civic authorities about the reasonableness of allowing Christianity to become a legally-recognised collegium.
The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social-Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity. London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN: 0415298962
This book deals with the question of how Christianity in the beginning of the second century became a non-Jewish, Gentile religion. Since Christianity was originally one of many Jewish factions within the diversified Judaism of the period, the problem of its separation from Judaism is a major puzzle in the history of Western civilization. While previous attempts to solve this problem have focused mainly on ideological aspects, this study emphasizes the interplay between sociological and ideological elements.
It is argued that the separation between Judaism and Christianity in Antioch was a result of the socio-political situation in the Roman Empire and ideological elements within the Jewish faction of the Jesus movement that primarily concerned the status of Gentiles within the movement. The separation was mainly a separation between Jews and Gentiles within the Jesus movement. The Gentile adherents to the movement strove to become a legally recognised voluntary association completely separated from Judaism. The anti-Judaism of early Christianity was used as a resource in this struggle of independence, as part of the programme of convincing the civic authorities about the reasonableness of allowing Christianity to become a legally-recognised collegium.
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Latest on The Passion of the Christ
This article from Reuters:
Gibson delays Vatican screening of Jesus film
And this by Kathryn Jean Lopez on the National Review Online:
Mel Gibson, Feminist
And previously from The Age (Australia) a report that Billy Graham (unlike the Pope!) got a private screening of the film and loved it:
Evangelist gives his blessing to Gibson film
Gibson delays Vatican screening of Jesus film
And this by Kathryn Jean Lopez on the National Review Online:
Mel Gibson, Feminist
And previously from The Age (Australia) a report that Billy Graham (unlike the Pope!) got a private screening of the film and loved it:
Evangelist gives his blessing to Gibson film
Theology Portal
There is a fine new resource from Denmark called the Theology Portal. It describes itself in this way:
Theology Portal
I am going to write to the owner to see if they will grant permission for me to add this search to the All-in-One Biblical Resources Search.
The Theology Portal gives access to resources on the net. 2 different tecniques are used to perform automated selection of resources.I've run a few searches on it myself and it seems pretty impressive -- try both the Quick Search and the Advanced Search for different results:
In Portal 1 a direct search in Google is performed. The search is delimited by the portal, so that the actual search is a "search within result" in a existing search set.
In portal 2 a search is performed in a delimited number of resources on the net, selected by experts.
The Theology Portal covers the subject Christian Theology, defined as the academic discipline carried out at universities in Europe.
Theology Portal
I am going to write to the owner to see if they will grant permission for me to add this search to the All-in-One Biblical Resources Search.
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Jesus film
I was delighted to see that the version of Jesus shown on BBC2 yesterday and today was the international version and not the CBS version; it's twenty minutes or so longer and has a far superior ending, the "I am with you always . . ." saying segueing into Jesus in contemporary garb in Malta getting mobbed by children. It's difficult to imagine why CBS cut it from the version they broadcast. It's also not on the VHS release which I have, and I don't think it's on the DVD (though I don't own that).
A few more tidbits from this film. Portrayal of Pilate: Gary Oldman plays Pontius Pilate in a manner so reminiscent of Michael Palin's Pilate in Life of Brian that I think it must be deliberate. Location: much of the film was made in Ouarzazate in Morocco. I visited Ouarzazate in January this year for the filming of the BBC/Discovery documentary on St Paul and it was delightful to see it in the Jesus film. There's a real industry there of filming of contemporary Biblical films and documentaries -- even a complete temple construction which was apparently left some years ago by an Italian film company and now it gets used regularly in other films and documentaries. When it was used in St Paul apparently it was crumbling a bit so it had to be touched up with CGI for the TV. I loved visiting Ouarzazate -- some delightful locals who had clearly got used to film crews hanging around there. One other thing about this Jesus film -- the official CBS site seems to have vanished so I've deleted the link on my page for this film and have added instead a link to the extensive Hollywood Jesus review. See:
Jesus (1999)
A few more tidbits from this film. Portrayal of Pilate: Gary Oldman plays Pontius Pilate in a manner so reminiscent of Michael Palin's Pilate in Life of Brian that I think it must be deliberate. Location: much of the film was made in Ouarzazate in Morocco. I visited Ouarzazate in January this year for the filming of the BBC/Discovery documentary on St Paul and it was delightful to see it in the Jesus film. There's a real industry there of filming of contemporary Biblical films and documentaries -- even a complete temple construction which was apparently left some years ago by an Italian film company and now it gets used regularly in other films and documentaries. When it was used in St Paul apparently it was crumbling a bit so it had to be touched up with CGI for the TV. I loved visiting Ouarzazate -- some delightful locals who had clearly got used to film crews hanging around there. One other thing about this Jesus film -- the official CBS site seems to have vanished so I've deleted the link on my page for this film and have added instead a link to the extensive Hollywood Jesus review. See:
Jesus (1999)
Monday, December 01, 2003
Biblical Interpretation
Jim Davila blogged this the other day; I'm behind the times. Here's the contents breakdown for the current Biblical Interpretation (11/3). You can only view the articles if you have an institutional or personal subscription, I'm afraid:
Editor's Preface
Articles
Leviticus 16 Als Mitte Der Tora
Rolf Rendtorff
In Words and Pictures: the Sun in 2 Samuel 12:7-12
Van Ellen Wolde
A Prophet Tested: Elisha, the Great Woman of Shunem, and the Story's Double Message
Yairah Amit
Gazing Back At the Shulammite, Yet Again
Athalya Brenner
Seeing Solomon's Palanquin (Song of Songs 3:6-11)
J. Cheryl Exum
Torah and Anti-Torah: Isaiah 2:2-4 and 1:10-26
Francis Landy
Proving Yahweh Killed His Wife (Zechariah 5:5-11)
Diana Edelman
Rhetorische Fragen!? Eine Aufkundigung Des Konsenses Uber Psalm 88:11-13 Und Seine Bedeutung Fur Das Alttestamentliche Reden Von Gott Und Tod
Frank Crüsemann
Psalms, Philippians 2:6-11, and the Origins of Christology
Adela Yarbro Collins
Narrative Christology and the Son of Man: What the Markan Jesus Says
Instead Elizabeth Struthers Malbon
Ezra-nehemiah as a Narrative of (re-invented) Israelite Identity
Philip F. Esler
Israel's Holy Seed and the Foreign Women of Ezra-nehemiah: a Kristevan Reading Harold C. Washington
'Job the Dog': Helene Cixous on Wounds, Scars and the Biblical Text
Hugh S. Pyper
The Morning After in Corinth: Bread-and-butter Notes, Part I
Alice Bach; Jennifer A. Glancy
Stabat Mater? Re-birth At the Foot of the Cross
Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger
We Felt Like Grasshoppers: The Little Ones in Biblical Interpretation
David E. Orton
Evil At Odds with Itself (Matthew 12:22-29): Demonising Rhetoric and Deconstructive Potential in the Matthean Narrative
Bruce W. Longenecker
Revelation, Atonement and the Scope of Faith in the Epistle to the Hebrews: a Deconstructive and Reader-response Interpretation
Dan O. Via
The Syrians in the Book of the Divided Kingdoms: A Literary/theological Approach
David Jobling
'Rouzing the Faculties to Act': William Blake, Merkabah Mysticism, the Theology of Liberation and the Exegetical Importance of Experience
Christopher Rowland
Biblical Scholarship in Public Discourse
Norman K. Gottwald
Loitering with Intent: Biblical Texts in Public Places
R.S. Sugirtharajah
Toward a Pastoral Reading of the Bible Not Confined to the Church
Jorge Pixley
Questing or Sense-making? Some Thoughts on the Nature of Historiography
Bernard C. Lategan
"Ja, Bin Denn Ich An Gottes Stelle?" (Genesis 50:19) Beobachtungen Und Uberlegungen Zu Einem Schlusselsatz Der Josefsgeschichte Und Den Vielfachen Konsequenzen Aus Einer Rhetorischen Frage
Jürgen Ebach
Discoursing Old Testament Theology
Ben C. Ollenburger
Historical and Canonical Aspects of a New Testament Theology
Robert Morgan
Biblical Challenges to a Theology of Love
Werner G. Jeanrond
Editor's Preface
Articles
Leviticus 16 Als Mitte Der Tora
Rolf Rendtorff
In Words and Pictures: the Sun in 2 Samuel 12:7-12
Van Ellen Wolde
A Prophet Tested: Elisha, the Great Woman of Shunem, and the Story's Double Message
Yairah Amit
Gazing Back At the Shulammite, Yet Again
Athalya Brenner
Seeing Solomon's Palanquin (Song of Songs 3:6-11)
J. Cheryl Exum
Torah and Anti-Torah: Isaiah 2:2-4 and 1:10-26
Francis Landy
Proving Yahweh Killed His Wife (Zechariah 5:5-11)
Diana Edelman
Rhetorische Fragen!? Eine Aufkundigung Des Konsenses Uber Psalm 88:11-13 Und Seine Bedeutung Fur Das Alttestamentliche Reden Von Gott Und Tod
Frank Crüsemann
Psalms, Philippians 2:6-11, and the Origins of Christology
Adela Yarbro Collins
Narrative Christology and the Son of Man: What the Markan Jesus Says
Instead Elizabeth Struthers Malbon
Ezra-nehemiah as a Narrative of (re-invented) Israelite Identity
Philip F. Esler
Israel's Holy Seed and the Foreign Women of Ezra-nehemiah: a Kristevan Reading Harold C. Washington
'Job the Dog': Helene Cixous on Wounds, Scars and the Biblical Text
Hugh S. Pyper
The Morning After in Corinth: Bread-and-butter Notes, Part I
Alice Bach; Jennifer A. Glancy
Stabat Mater? Re-birth At the Foot of the Cross
Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger
We Felt Like Grasshoppers: The Little Ones in Biblical Interpretation
David E. Orton
Evil At Odds with Itself (Matthew 12:22-29): Demonising Rhetoric and Deconstructive Potential in the Matthean Narrative
Bruce W. Longenecker
Revelation, Atonement and the Scope of Faith in the Epistle to the Hebrews: a Deconstructive and Reader-response Interpretation
Dan O. Via
The Syrians in the Book of the Divided Kingdoms: A Literary/theological Approach
David Jobling
'Rouzing the Faculties to Act': William Blake, Merkabah Mysticism, the Theology of Liberation and the Exegetical Importance of Experience
Christopher Rowland
Biblical Scholarship in Public Discourse
Norman K. Gottwald
Loitering with Intent: Biblical Texts in Public Places
R.S. Sugirtharajah
Toward a Pastoral Reading of the Bible Not Confined to the Church
Jorge Pixley
Questing or Sense-making? Some Thoughts on the Nature of Historiography
Bernard C. Lategan
"Ja, Bin Denn Ich An Gottes Stelle?" (Genesis 50:19) Beobachtungen Und Uberlegungen Zu Einem Schlusselsatz Der Josefsgeschichte Und Den Vielfachen Konsequenzen Aus Einer Rhetorischen Frage
Jürgen Ebach
Discoursing Old Testament Theology
Ben C. Ollenburger
Historical and Canonical Aspects of a New Testament Theology
Robert Morgan
Biblical Challenges to a Theology of Love
Werner G. Jeanrond
SBL Review of Biblical Literature
New in the Review of Biblical Literature:
Eve, Eric
The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles
Reviewed by Douglas Geyer
Levine, Amy-Jill and Marianne Blickenstaff, eds.
A Feminist Companion to Mark
Reviewed by Barbara Reid
Malina, Bruce J., Gerd Theissen and Wolfgang Stegemann, eds.
The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels
Reviewed by Robert Derrenbacker
Müller, Mogens and Henrik Tronier, eds.
The New Testament as Reception
Reviewed by Maarten Menken
Wilson, Mark
Mastering New Testament Greek Vocabulary Through Semantic Domains
Reviewed by Edward M Curtis
Eve, Eric
The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles
Reviewed by Douglas Geyer
Levine, Amy-Jill and Marianne Blickenstaff, eds.
A Feminist Companion to Mark
Reviewed by Barbara Reid
Malina, Bruce J., Gerd Theissen and Wolfgang Stegemann, eds.
The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels
Reviewed by Robert Derrenbacker
Müller, Mogens and Henrik Tronier, eds.
The New Testament as Reception
Reviewed by Maarten Menken
Wilson, Mark
Mastering New Testament Greek Vocabulary Through Semantic Domains
Reviewed by Edward M Curtis
Jesus film on BBC2 today
The 1999 American Jesus film (dir. Roger Young, starring Jeremy Sisko as Jesus) gets its first network TV broadcast in the UK today. They are showing it in two parts and the first part is on BBC2 this afternoon at 1.30 p.m.--3.00 p.m. It could be a better slot, but at least it's getting aired. I quite like the film -- it has some great moments, e.g. Jesus dancing. There are two different versions of the film and I am hoping it's the version I haven't seen. The one on commercial video release is the shorter version without the post-resurrection scene and with a lot of other material cut. The best place to go for details on this, including clips of the footage that was cut is:
Hollywood Jesus: Jesus mini-series
Hollywood Jesus: Jesus mini-series
Gospel of John on Sunday programme
Yesterday's Sunday programme on Radio 4 carried a feature on The Gospel of John including an interview with Philip Saville (director) and an interview with Peter Malone (film critic). You can listen again by going to the web site and clicking on the link:
Sunday
Sunday
Newsweek on Karen King and Mary Magdalene
There's a major feature in this week's Newsweek on Karen King, Mary Magdalene and Biblical women. You can view it all on-line here:
The Bible's Lost Stories
Features pictures and a radio special. One thing's for sure -- Karen King and Elaine Pagels have got their publicity machines working brilliantly -- their agents have certainly been busy.
The Bible's Lost Stories
Features pictures and a radio special. One thing's for sure -- Karen King and Elaine Pagels have got their publicity machines working brilliantly -- their agents have certainly been busy.
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Elaine Pagels radio programme
On Friday there was a radio programme in Boston devoted to Elaine Pagels's Beyond Belief and you can listen to it here:
On Point Radio: the Secret Gospel of Thomas
The whole programme (50 minutes) is Elaine Pagels in the studio being interviewed and it is an interesting listen; the first quarter of an hour or so is devoted to explaining what the the Gospel of Thomas is, its history, its relationship to the canonical Gospels etc. After the news break, the topic moves more to her personal spiritual journey and broader issues of canon and creed, and then there are phone calls from mid-way through the programme to the end. You can hear Elaine Pagels relaxing as the programme goes on -- the first fifteen minutes or so are her least coherent; by the end she is enjoying herself.
On Point Radio: the Secret Gospel of Thomas
The whole programme (50 minutes) is Elaine Pagels in the studio being interviewed and it is an interesting listen; the first quarter of an hour or so is devoted to explaining what the the Gospel of Thomas is, its history, its relationship to the canonical Gospels etc. After the news break, the topic moves more to her personal spiritual journey and broader issues of canon and creed, and then there are phone calls from mid-way through the programme to the end. You can hear Elaine Pagels relaxing as the programme goes on -- the first fifteen minutes or so are her least coherent; by the end she is enjoying herself.
Galilee Unicode Font new version
Rod Decker has released version 0.6 of the Galilee Unicode Greek font. It covers
classical as well as koine Greek; also included are NA27-style sigla for textual criticism. Download plus details here:
Galilee Unicode Gk Font
classical as well as koine Greek; also included are NA27-style sigla for textual criticism. Download plus details here:
Galilee Unicode Gk Font
AKMA, the Marriott Marquis and Richard Hays
In a recent blog entry, AKMA explains how much he likes the Marriott Marquis hotel, which I had described as "soulless". I think what I didn't like about it was the gaping absence of anything in the middle of the hotel -- a sort of central shaft of nothingness -- and then the storey after storey one after another stacking up identically to the very high ceiling. It reminded me a bit of the worst inner city British 1960s high-rises. But I did like the breakfast at the American Grille and the cook-to-order omelettes -- that was a real highlight. Funnily enough, like AKMA I also left my mobile phone charger in my hotel room so one would have thought that security would have been used to this.
AKMA mentions Richard Hays and links to his webpage. This was one I did not have listed, so I've now added it to Scholars: H. I was also delighted to click on I recommend and to see The Case Against Q listed!
AKMA mentions Richard Hays and links to his webpage. This was one I did not have listed, so I've now added it to Scholars: H. I was also delighted to click on I recommend and to see The Case Against Q listed!
Geza Vermes in The Guardian
Geza Vermes wrote this week's "Face to Faith" in The Guardian. It's essentially a trailer for his new book and I don't find it (the article) his most coherent writing, but here's the link:
What's sex got to do with it?
What's sex got to do with it?
The Good Book, Programme 2
The second part of The Good Book, "Moses: The Great Law Giver", is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 tonight at 8 p.m. Listen live by going to BBC Radio 2 or listen after the broadcast here:
The Good Book
The Good Book
Explorator 6.30 and 6.31
Latest Explorator:
Explorator 6.31
I was away last week so did not post a link to Explorator 6.30 but you can find it on the same page.
Explorator 6.31
I was away last week so did not post a link to Explorator 6.30 but you can find it on the same page.
![[Valid Atom]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom feed"){kind=small}
