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Interpreting Jesus with Professor Dale Allison (Podcast)
Read more: Interpreting Jesus with Professor Dale Allison (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Dale C. Allison Jr., who is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of Interpreting Jesus (published by Eerdmans). Over the course of our conversation we talked about why Prof. Allison chose to write this book as a collection of…
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Religion, Race, & Whiteness in New Testament Scholarship with Professor David Horrell (Podcast)
Read more: Religion, Race, & Whiteness in New Testament Scholarship with Professor David Horrell (Podcast)In this penultimate episode in our cultural identity series we discuss the role of whiteness in New Testament scholarship with Prof. David Horrell, who is Professor of New Testament Studies and the Director of the Center for Biblical Studies at the University of Exeter (England), and the author of Solidarity and Difference: A Contemporary Reading…
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Paul & Masculinity Revisited with Dr. Valérie Nicolet (Podcast)
Read more: Paul & Masculinity Revisited with Dr. Valérie Nicolet (Podcast)In this episode, Amber Bowen, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, and Grace Emmett are joined by Dr. Valérie Nicolet, Associate Professor of New Testament at the Protestant Institute of Theology in Paris, to continue an earlier podcast conversation on Paul and masculinity. Our conversation begins with Paul’s self-presentation, esp. in Galatians, and then extends to address…
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The State of New Testament Studies
Read more: The State of New Testament StudiesThe State of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research Scot McKnight and Nijay K. Gupta, editors. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019. 496 pages. With the fall 2020 semester right around the corner, getting up to speed with the immense area of New Testament studies might seem like a daunting task. Thankfully, Scot McKnight…
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The Apocalyptic Perspective
Read more: The Apocalyptic PerspectiveAs I study and research I came across the Apocalyptic Perspective. This “new trend” in Biblical theology is quite appealing. It provides a new way of thinking about salvation, redemption, creation, and most importantly good and evil. It seems that it all started with Bultmann who thought that myth should be interpreted not cosmologically but…
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Review of Hidden Criticism? by Christoph Heilig
Read more: Review of Hidden Criticism? by Christoph HeiligHeilig, Christoph. Hidden Criticism?: The Methodology and Plausibility of the Search for a Counter-Imperial Subtext in Paul. Wissenchaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testamentum II.392. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. 160 pages + 39 pages bibliography & indices. Softcover. Retail: €69.00. Questions concerning the New Testament’s relationship to aspects of the Roman Empire—and in particular the political claims…
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Review of From Jesus to the New Testament by Jens Schröter
Read more: Review of From Jesus to the New Testament by Jens SchröterJens Schröter. From Jesus to the New Testament: Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon. Translated by Wayne Coppins. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2013. xiv + 417 pp. Hardcover. $59.95. ISBN: 9781602588226. From Jesus to the New Testament is a translation of Jens Schröter’s 2007 work Von Jesus zum Neuen Testament….
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The Great Divide
Read more: The Great DivideI wrote this blog a little while back when I was going through seminary. The divide gets even greater at the PhD level where one is pushed to specialize even further into a certain niche topic within their chosen half of the Bible. I’d love to hear other people’s experience. Enjoy! In my study toward…