!Hero DVD Release

My DVD of the !Hero Rock Opera arrived today. I've blogged about this on various occasions in the past ( New Rock Opera on Jesus , !Her...

Jeffers, Greco-Roman World of the New Testament

On Ancient / Classical History , N. S. Gill adds a short review of James S. Jeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era - Explor...

Cave of John the Baptist latest

On RogueClassicism, David Meadows posts (with permission) the complete email messages to the ANE-List from James Tabor and Shimon Gibson on ...

Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ

Today is the release date for the DVD of The Passion of the Christ ; I had an email from Amazon yesterday to say that mine is on the way. ...

Review of Bibical Literature latest

I'm just back from bank holiday break and hope to find some time somewhere to blog some items of interest before heading off for the Bri...

Aramaic gets boost from Hollywood

A short piece that may be of interest from this week's Church Times : Aramaic gets boost from Hollywood By Bill Bowder THE USE of Aramai...

Passion of the Christ DVD Release

Some thoughts on the forthcoming Passion of the Christ DVD release, which must be selling at an extraordinary rate since it's already a...

BMCR Review of MacDonald on Homer and Acts

On b-greek, Maurice A. O'Sullivan notes the following review in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.08.13: Dennis R. MacDonald, Does the Ne...

Review of Bibical Literature latest

These are the latest additions to the SBL Review of Biblical Literature under the New Testament heading: Balch, David L. and Carolyn Osiek,...

Herod the Great @ Ancient / Classical History

In her Ancient / Classical History blog, N. S. Gill flags up this useful entry of hers on Herod the Great: Herod the Great (73-4 B.C.)

James Ossuary Update @ Hypotyposeis

Don't miss Stephen Carlson's comments on the latest updates on the James Ossuary in Biblical Archaeological Review , in particular h...

Marketing of The Passion of the Christ DVD

Thanks to David Mackinder for a link to the following story in today's New York Times today: Pitching 'The Passion' DVD to Fait...

BNTC Seminar Programme

The full seminar programme for this year's British New Testament Conference in Edinburgh is now available on-line: British New Testament...

Walter Schmithals on The Passion

On Biblical Theology Jim West refers to a piece on The Passion of the Christ by Walter Schmithals. It is from Die Zeit and dates back to...

BNTC Conference Programme

The British New Testament Conference 2004 Programme is also now available on the web: BNTC 2004 Conference Programme

Cave of John the Baptist: James Tabor speaks

In previous posts ( Cave of John the Baptist (updated) and More on the John the Baptist Cave ), I wondered what James Tabor's views wer...

Also in the Church Times

Also in this week's Church Times a short report on the news item of the week: Was this John the Baptist’s cave, asks archaeologist Pat ...

Review of Ruth Edwards, Discovering John

This week's Church Times carries an enthusiastic review of Ruth Edwards's book on the Fourth Gospel: DISCOVERING JOHN By Ruth Edwa...

Michael Prior Tributes and Obituaries

I was sorry to read in today's Times of the death of Michael Prior on 21 July 2004: Father Michael Prior Roman Catholic priest and sch...

Beliefnet's Best Spiritual Blogs

I picked this up from Dylan's Lectionary Blog : Best Spiritual Blogs Beliefnet's picks for the coolest, most interesting faith-based...

Deinde's Biblical Studies Glossary

Deinde have announced the addition of a new Glossary for Biblical Studies terms on their site. Go to: Biblical Studies Glossary (You will h...

RSS feed for Deinde

On my most recent visit to Deinde , I was delighted to see that they now have an RSS feed available . If you have not yet discovered the wo...

Another Passion of the Christ Book

I have mentioned Robert Webb and Kathleen Corley (eds.), Jesus and Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ , due out at the end of this mo...

Blogwatch: AKMA on John the Baptist's Cave

Make sure you don't miss a delightful post from AKMA on the Shimon Gibson story; a couple of excerpts are included below -- but read it...

Is the Greek of the Gospels 'vulgar'?

David Meadows points out this one on RogueClassicism , a piece in the Athens News bilingual corner: Is the Greek of the Gospels 'vulgar...

More on the John the Baptist cave

Over on Xtalk , Brian Trafford provides a link to a University of North Carolina at Charlotte Press Release dating back to 21 April 2000, ov...

Cave of John the Baptist (updated)

The big news story, of course, is the discovery of the "cave of John the Baptist". Thanks to several correspondents and bloggers ...

Review of Biblical Literature latest

Latest from the Review of Biblical Literature under the New Testament heading Aune, David E. The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament an...

The Gospel According to Disney

There's an unofficial feature in this blog that looks for those "Gospel according to . . ." headlines. The latest is a useful...

Bible and Interpretation came back soon!

A couple of weeks ago I wrote Bible and Interpretation come back soon! and it did. Thanks to Mark Elliott for letting me know. Also noted...

Blog break

Sorry for the stalling of the blog over the last few days. I've been variously overworked, tired, ill, away, relaxing and spending time...

From Jesus to Superman?

This report from Rediff Entertainment Bureau suggests that Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ is now in the runnin...

Blogwatch: Philologos on "virgin"

On Paleojudaica , Jim Davila draws attention to a Philologos piece: Questioning Virginity The post touches on the well-worn debate about th...

BNTC Seminar Programme

Most of the British New Testament Conference Seminar Programme is now available on-line -- titles and abstracts of papers. Some are still t...

Semeia Offer

The SBL Site is advertising an offer to own all 91 issues of Semeia electronically for $19.95: Opportunity to Own All Issues of Semeia for...

Passion of the Christ Book

I have mentioned this before (e.g. here ), so please forgive the indulgence of mentioning it again now that there's a picture of the ...

Future of Scholarship in the Digital Age

Open Access News note that the presentations from the JISC/CNI meeting on "The future of scholarship in the digital age" (Brighto...

Bart Ehrman interview on beliefnet

Beliefnet have an interview with Bart Ehrman on his recent book Lost Christianities : The Christianity Battles What if Ebionite Christians, ...

A second Austin Farrer Centenary Conference

I posted details the other day of an Austin Farrer Centenary Conference in Oxford in September. Jeff Peterson informs me that there is ano...

NTS latest

There is a new issue of New Testament Studies out: New Testament Studies Volume 50 - Issue 03 - July 2004 Der zwölfjährige Jesus im Tempel...

Review of Biblical Literature Latest

Here are the latest additions to the Review of Biblical Literature under the New Testament heading: Chester, Stephen J. Conversion at Corint...

Teaching Fellow in New Testament Studies

This message was circulated today to recipients on the British NT Society's mailing list, but it may be of interest to others: Teaching ...

The Gospel According to Spider-Man

There are some enjoyable reflections on the cinema and Christianity in the current issue of Time Magazine: The Gospel According To Spider-M...

ETS programme San Antonio

Thanks to Michael Pahl for alerting me to the programme schedule for the Evangelical Theology Society 56th Annual Meeting. As usual, this ...

Bible Review latest

There's a huge new catch-up Explorator out today with plenty of interest. One thing I'd missed that it includes is a notice of the...

The Word on the Street

This story from the Lexington Herald-Leader : Rewriting the Bible was never so hip By Rich Copley Genesis 1:1-2: First off, nothing ... but ...

Sunday: Greek and Christianity

I had to get up early this morning -- very early for me on a Sunday -- to go to Pebble Mill and do a short piece for Radio 4's Sunday p...

BNTC Short Papers Programme

The programme for the Short Simultaneous Papers at this year's British New Testament Conference is now available: BNT Conference 2004: S...

Codex: Resources for Biblical Studies

Thanks to Michael Pahl for sending this link over: Codex: Resources for Biblical Studies The site is by Tyler F. Williams (Chair, Religion ...

Austin Farrer Centenary Conference

Although not dealing with his contributions to Biblical Studies, which is my main area of interest in his work, this conference to celebrate...

Barabbas

Barabbas (dir. Richard Fleischer, 1962) gets a network screening in the UK today, BBC2, 3.15 p.m. From the Radio Times : An impressive qua...

Wright on the Resurrection Digested

Struggling with the thought of wading through all 740 pages of Tom Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God ? Help is at hand courte...

BNTC booking deadline

The deadline for bookings for this year's British New Testament Conference in Edinburgh is fast approaching. All booking forms must be...

Blog email adjustment

I have flirted for a while with the use of Bloglines for emails to this blog. My idea was that I could adjust the bloglines email regularl...

Biblical Interpretation

On Paleojudaica , Jim Davila notes the contents of the last two editions of Biblical Interpretation . I don't think I've blogged on...