New Issue of Novum Testamentum

I'd like to point out that a new issue of NovT came out recently (Vol. 55.4). Great to see that my colleague here at Emory, Chris Holmes, has an article in this issue. Here's the line-up:

James R. Harrison, "Paul's 'Indebtedness' to the Barbarian (Rom 1:14) in Latin West Perspective," 311-348

Christopher T. Holmes, "Utterly Incapacitated: The Neglected Meaning of ΠΑΡΕΣΙΣ in Romans 3:25," 349-366

Jam Lambrecht, "1 Corinthians 2:14: A Response to Laura B. Dingeldein," 367-370

Jacqueline Assaël, "L'allègement du chagrin partagé: 2 Co 2:5," 371-372

John A.L. Lee, "Etymological Follies," 383-403

Check it out here.

Who Do People Say I Am?

This is the title of a forthcoming book from one of my teachers here at Emory, Vernon K. Robbins. It's his look into the Christology (or Christologies if you'd like) of early Christians at the time when things were being written about Jesus' origins and life outside of what we find in the NT canon. Over at EerdWord blog, you can check out his brief thoughts about the work (see part 1 and 2).

JSNT - September issue out

It's not even August yet, but I just saw that JSNT has released their September issue. I'm also happy to see that I've had the chance to cross paths with a few of the authors in this issue.

One of the articles is written by a friend of mine, John A. Dunne, who's writing his dissertation at St. Andrews under N.T. Wright: "Suffering in Vain: A Study of the Interpretation of ΠΑΣΚΩ in Galatians 3.4." I continue to maintain a deep interest in Galatians, so I'll definitely read this article sometime in the next week or so.

Another article is written by one of my teachers here at Emory, Dr. Walter Wilson, titled: "The Uninvited Healer: Houses, Healing and Prophets in Matthew 8.1-22." We've had a chance to talk about this piece earlier last year, and it's one that brings into the text various insights from architecture and social norms to think deeper about what exactly is happening in Matthew 8.

A third article is one by a German professor, Thomas Schmeller, who was a visiting scholar here at Emory last semester. I had a chance to talk to him briefly, and though I missed the seminar in which he discussed some portions of this piece, I was quite fascinated to find that he was arguing for the unity of 2 Corinthians. I'll be sure to add this to the to-read list.

It's been quite a busy summer with a few unexpected events, but I've been reading as much as I can and doing a lot of research assistant work for one of my teachers here, so that has been keeping me busy. Another semester looms in a month or so, hopefully it will continue to open up new questions for me as I enter into my second year of coursework in my doctoral program.

JSNT - June 2013 and Promotion

It looks like the new issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is out and it seems like a pretty good issue. Here's the line-up:

Mark Goodacre, "How Reliable is the Story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?"

Anna C. Miller, "Not with Eloquent Wisdom: Democratic Ekklēsia Discourse in 1 Corinthians 1-4"

Jonathan Knight, "The Political Issue of the Ascension of Isaiah: A Response to Enrico Norelli"

Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr., "Texts, Tables and Tablets: A Response to John C. Poirier"

F. Gerald Downing, "Waxing Careless: Poirier, Derrenbacker and Downing"

Simon Gathercole, "Jerusalem and Caesarea Inscriptions and New Testament Study: A Review Article"

I'm glad to see Mark Goodacre frontlining this issue, as this article was something we discussed with Mark in his class. I took a history of interpretation course this semester and when we were discussing the Nag Hammadi documents, I was thinking about some of the things Mark told us about concerning the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library. It looks to be a very interesting study into how the story came to be told and retold, so go ahead and check it out.

Oh, and Mark Goodacre has just been promoted to full professor at my alma mater, Duke University, so that is great news indeed (it's about time!). You can check out his blog here.

Prosperity Gospel?

This is somewhat out of my own arena of expertise, but I wanted to introduce all of you to a forthcoming book:

Beautiful cover, no? Oxford University Press seems to always do a good job creating some nice looking volumes and this one is no exception. It's a book titled, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, due out next month (May 2013) from Oxford University Press (check it out here). It's written by Kate Bowler from Duke Divinity School. During my time at Duke, I wanted to work as a research assistant and Kate was nice enough to take me on despite my zero-knowledge of American Christianity. 

This is the publication of her dissertation written at Duke under Grant Wacker and from my conversations with her as well as preliminary reviews of her book (e.g. from Mark Noll and Jonathan Walton), I think it's going to be a fantastic addition to the library of any Americanists. If you're mildly interested in the prosperity gospel, then I highly suggest you go ahead and pick up a copy of this book as soon as it's out.

NA28 + LXX

Check this out:

I just saw that this nice volume from the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft is putting together both the Septuagint and the NT together into one massive text.

According to Eisenbrauns, this book runs at over 3,100 pages!

It will include an apparatus criticus among other things, so seems like a great resource for those of you who want access to both the LXX and NT in one book. Though at 3,100+ pages, I wonder what kind of dimensions it will have. I tried to search to find what its thickness would be but could only find its length and width dimensions and no depth.

I already own their standard Septuaginta and the recently published NA28, so I probably won't buy this, but I thought some of you might be interested. Forthcoming Fall of this year.

Google Hangout + NT studies

In one of my classes, we've had some discussions recently on the Gospel of Thomas and to my surprise, I saw that the Marginalia was hosting a live session with both Mark Goodacre and Simon Gathercole discussing the Gospel of Thomas and their very recently published books about it (respectively, here and here). Admittedly, I was taught at Duke by Mark, so there is much to his arguments I find convincing or at the very least, compelling and good arguments that need to be taken seriously. I do not know much about Simon Gathercole, though I have read his published dissertation on Romans and I had a former classmate who went off to do his NT PhD with him at Cambridge. They are both very good scholars and so this online conversation of two people thousands of miles away is a perfect example of what the intersection of technology and academia can provide for 21st century scholarship.

Check it out: