ZNW (Vol. 105, Issue 1)

It was brought to my attention on my social media feed (HT: Brian LePort) that ZNW has a new issue out this year. I'm glad to report that one of my mentors here at Emory, Walter Wilson, has published an article in this issue. See the TOC:

Walter T. Wilson, “Words of Wisdom (Matt 9,9-17; 11,16-19),” 1-20. 

Kylie Crabbe, “Being found fighting against God: Luke’s Gamaliel and Josephus on human responses to divine providence,” 21-39. 

Nils Neumann, “Die πανοπλία Gottes. Eph 6,11–17 als Reflexion der Belagerung einer Stadt,” 40-64. 

Michael Theobald, “Vom Werden des Rechts in der Kirche,” 65-95. 

Ole Jacob Fitvedt and Martil Wessbrandt, “Exploring the High Priesthood of Jesus in Early Christian Sources,” 96-114. 

Gerhard Rignhausen, “Das Rätsel der Ἡρῳδιανοί im Markusevangelium,” 115-125. 

Jason Staples, “Altered Because of Transgressions? The ‘Law of Deeds’ in Gal 3,19a,” 126-35. 

Garrick V. Allen, “Textual Pluriformity and Allusion in the Book of Revelation. The Text of Zechariah 4 in the Apocalypse,” 136-45. 

Walter has been working through the Gospel of Matthew for some time now (see now his recently published book with Fortress Press, Healing in the Gospel of Matthew: Reflections on Method and Ministry) and in the course I am TA-ing for him this semester at Candler School of Theology, students have been given various passages from Matthew, one of which they must choose for their final exegesis papers. If you're at all interested in this gospel, I suggest you take a look at his article then pick up his book.

CNN's Finding Jesus Episode 1

Looks like CNN's Finding Jesus (see my original post here about the miniseries here) had a very strong premier with their first episode this past Sunday, coming it at #1 in cable news during its respective time slot with over 1.1 million viewers. Good to see some familiar faces and no doubt the episodes to follow should continue to draw strong interest.

For the full first episode, go to CNN's website here.

Newest issue of NTS (April 2015)

Just noticed that NTS has the newest issue out, volume 61 issue 2 (April 2015). A little more German heavy than the usual (maybe?). Here are the contents:

Udo Schnelle, "Das frühe Christentums und die Bildung"

Gudrun Nassauer, "Göttersöhne: Lk 1.26-38 als Kontrasterzählung zu einem römischen Gründungsmythos"

Knut Backhaus, "Paulus und die Dioskuren (Apg 28.11): Über zwei denkwürdige Schutzpatrone des Evangeliums"

Claire Clivaz and Sara Schulthess, "On the Source and Rewriting of 1 Corinthians 2.9 in Christian, Jewish and Islamic Traditions"

Hans Förster, "Die Begegnung am Brunnen (Joh 4.4-42) im Licht der „Schrift": Überlegungen zu den Samaritern im Johannesevangelium"

Lourdes Garcia Urena, "Colour Adjectives in the New Testament"

George van Kooten, "How Greek was Paul's Eschatology?"

CNN miniseries: Finding Jesus

I saw on my social media feed that one of my teachers from Duke University, Mark Goodacre, recently served as the lead consultant to a six-part miniseries airing this Sunday (March 1) on CNN called Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery (see here). Should be interesting! The miniseries will kick off with the first episode looking at the Shroud of Turin.

For more info, see the CNN website here.

Book Review by LTJ

My teacher here at Emory University, Luke Timothy Johnson, has recently posted a short book review of Bart Ehrman's How Jesus Became God on the Commonweal Magazine website. Check it out here.

On this note, if you are interested in pursuing LTJ's comments further, check out his Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity.

QOTD: Albert Schweitzer

In his typical colorful language, Albert Schweitzer probes the 19th century skepticism that attempts to show how the one who gives (der Darbietende) simultaneously is the one who is partaken of (der Genossene) in the supper:

Das üppige Schlinggewächs historischer und exegetischer Einfälle ist keine Brücke über den Abgrund des Selbstwiderspruchs!  - Das Abendmahl im Zusammenhang mit dem Leben Jesu und der Geschichte des Urchristentums, 21

The luscious plant of historical and exegetical ideas is no bridge over the gulf of self-contradiction! 

Kenneth W. Clark Lectures @ Duke Div

One of my teachers here at Emory University, Carl Holladay, mentioned to me sometime last year about giving the Kenneth W. Clark Lectures at Duke Divinity School in 2015. I'm glad to see that the details are now available for those of you that are interested (see here). If you are in the area, you're definitely in for some good talks and conversations. Carl is a fantastic teacher as well as a great mentor for all of us here so I hope the students/faculty at my alma mater will benefit also from his time spent at Duke in February.

On another note, he will be giving the presidential address for the SNTS meeting later this year in Montreal so if you are part of that society, look forward to his address then as well.

HT: NT Blog


EDIT: I should note an error above: Carl is giving the presidential address for the SNTS meeting in the summer of 2016.