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With new academic year due to begin in the next few weeks I thought it would be good to update my visitors on recent and forthcoming developments across the “Theology on the Web” websites. File Formats for Articles Over the last few months I’ve been experimenting with different formats for the articles I upload. Since…
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The following 5 articles are now on-line in PDF: F.F. Bruce, “St. Paul in Rome, Part 1” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 46.2 (March 1964): 326-45. [Part 1 of 5] F.F. Bruce, “St. Paul in Rome. 2. The Epistle to Philemon,” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 48.1 (Autumn 1965): 81-97.[Part 2 of…
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The Daily Telegraph carries the obituary of the Professor Martin Hengel who died aged 82 on the 2nd of July 2009. I particularly liked this paragraph: Yet although Hengel was responsible for a radically different approach to the New Testament, his conclusions were always comparatively conservative and reassuring to evangelicals and others seeking confirmation of…
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This question was raised last Saturday during a day conference on biblical archaeology at Tyndale House in Cambridge. Put simply the problem was stated as follows: Crucifixion normally involved nailing the victim to a horizontal beam through the wrist between the radius and the ulna (the two bones of the forearm). The nail was then…
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I recently asked for readers of my blog and the members of my Facebook Group to vote for which chapter of the Steven Barabas FS they would like to see online. I had a large number of responses and a clear favourite soon appeared. I am pleased to be able to publish the “winning” article….
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One of my supporters kindly sent me a copy of the following book in the hope that I would be able to place one chapter from it on-line: Samuel J. Schultz & Morris A. Inch, eds., Interpreting the Word of God. Festschift in honor of Steven Barabas. Chicago: Moody Press, 1976. Hbk. pp.281. …
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From time to time it is useful to review what work remains outstanding – especially as more is being added on a weekly basis. The following listing gives some idea of what material is likely to appear on my websites during the next year. I am particularly grateful to those who have taken out PayPal…
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I have just received details of the following book, which may be of interest to some: Edith Lubetski and Meir Lubetski, The Book of Esther: A Classified Bibliography. Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-905048-33-5. pp.288. This comprehensive bibliography to scholarly works on the biblical book of Esther contains over 1900 references. It includes titles of…