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Hypotyposeis (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
James Crossley at Earliest Christian History has broken his months-long blog silence to take Ben Witherington, III, to task over some comments of his quoted in Christianity Today about the attempted and failed demise of the Biblical Studies department at Sheffield: Sheffield and some odd comments attributed to BW3 (Nov. 5, 2009), More of the same from BW3 (Nov. 7, 2009), and Yet more from BW3! (Nov....
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m not really sure why Professor Witherington continues to opine on the subject of the Sheffield University Department of Biblical Studies. He’s simply wrong about it. And I don’t just mean wrong, I mean grossly uninformed and profoundly ignorant (in the non judgmental sense of that word). He just doesn’t know what [...]
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here. And do note the remark there of John Lyons. Quite apropos (except for that one word). Especially this I guess we now know who *didn’t* write to the VC on behalf of Biblical Studies in Sheffield. Indeed. Posted in biblical studies, people
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | yesterday
Steph writes the following as a guest posting here. And I’m happy to lend her the space. Ben Witherington has made serious allegations about Sheffield and should apologise or withdraw them. Here is my response to what he has had to say: I have been friends with the department for four or five years and my supervisor has [...]
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Earliest Christian History (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well it seems that BW3 did say those weird and inaccurate things about Sheffield. It's got a little weirder and we get more too. He's now added this (notice the lack of engagement with the questions raised) in his attempt to answer Steph Fisher's comments: I doubt there will be a public apology. There are too many wounded in action to account for. Honestly Stephanie, Sheffield did not act wisely in...
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
This last section VITAL VITAL VITALVery Esoteric-Religious.Also seperatelyCLICK TO LISTENFinally our featured guest of the week is scientist/theologian Dr. Martin Erdman speaking on philosophical trends in science as nanotechnology drifts toward age-old ideas inherent in alchemy.Dr. Martin Erdmann's Bio:Dr. Martin Erdmann studied theology in Columbia, SC (Master of Divinity), Basel, Switzerland
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Hypotyposeis (Free subscription) | yesterday
One significant feature of the Mar Saba letter is the way it divides inspired narratives into two categories or types: As for Mark, then, during Peter`s stay in Rome he wrote an account of the Lord`s doings, not, however, declaring all of them, nor yet hinting at the secret ones, but selecting what he thought most useful for increasing the faith of those who were being instructed. But when Peter died...
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Jeffrey Gibson is the organizer of this annual event, and he writes It’s that time of year again when the Society of Biblical Literature’s Annual Meeting is just around the corner (Nov. 21st – Nov. 24th in New Orleans) and I begin to arrange the now traditional (13th annual!) gathering of all those NT [...]
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I’ve been sent, by one of my super-duper-top-secret sources, a chap who has actually infiltrated the secularists camp, their handbook! It contains their shocking plans to take over the world (of biblical studies) and outlines the goals they will discuss at the upcoming meeting in New Orleans! *Gasp!* Now we have unquestionable proof… unquestionably. Oh my friends… the [...]
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evangelical textual criticism (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
1. So SBL is around the corner and I am thinking about my presentation. As has become normal I'll be getting a powerpoint ready (of course preparation should not be confused with last minute tinkering ). This opens up the opportunity for a great presentation or for total disaster. So take precautions. Here are some things I think about: 2. Fonts: if you are using your own laptop connected to a data...
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Euangelion (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The attempt at closing the Biblical Studies department at Sheffield University saw a wide and varied coalition of folks come together to strenuously object to the closure. Over at CT is an article about the kerfuffle. See also James Crossley's response to remarks by BW3 cited in the article.
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Where he’s discussing the Deuteronomistic History. Posted in biblical studies, Biblical Studies Resources
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
James Crossley has posted and in so doing offers what can only be described honestly as something really strange Ben Witherington #3 evidently said in response to the now resolved crisis at Sheffield. Other faculty [at Sheffield] were “bent on the deconstruction of the Bible, and indeed of their students’ faith,” according to Ben Witherington, a [...]
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Horse-love. Hippophilia. Roland has the stuff. Posted in biblical studies, people
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Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A conference recently held at Notre Dame titled My Ways are Not Your Ways has been recorded and uploaded for your viewing pleasure. With hearty thanks to Claude Mariottini for mentioning it. * Mike Rea: Welcome and Introduction * Louise Antony: Does God Love Us? * Edwin Curley: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob * Evan Fales: Satanic [...]
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