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June 26, 2026

Christology within Judaism (Enoch Seminar June 2026)

Introduction This summer's Enoch Seminar meeting on the topic of Christology within Judaism is sure...

April 2021

April 25, 2021

God Alone (Twice)

Working on an article about monotheism in early Christianity, I was struck as I hadn't...

April 06, 2020

Does Paul “Split the Shema”?

Mike Kok blogged recently about some of my academic work on Christology and monotheism. He...

November 2019

November 12, 2019

How a Monotheistic Revolution Created a Stiff-Necked and Rebellious Past

The people of Israel, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible, often seem unrealistic. How could...

March 2018

March 17, 2018

Banished from the Heavenly Boardroom

When this was shared on Facebook, the following question was posed in a comment: Did...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Making Monotheism

A number of posts around the blogosphere have touched on this topic that has long...

April 2017

April 22, 2017

Larry Hurtado’s Lanier Lecture

Larry Hurtado shared the above lecture on his blog.

April 21, 2017

The Birth of Monotheism

Lecture by Mark Smith, via Biblical Studies Online. See also William Hart Brown's post on...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

Conversation with Anthony Buzzard, Part 2

Here's the second part of my conversation with Anthony Buzzard. It starts abruptly, but hopefully...

December 02, 2016

Resuming the Conversation with Anthony Buzzard

Unfortunately, my conversation with Anthony Buzzard got interrupted by an internet outage in my building....

December 02, 2016

Conversation Tonight With Anthony Buzzard

I thought I would post a reminder about the conversation tonight. It will be recorded,...

December 01, 2016

Conversation with Sir Anthony Buzzard

Tomorrow evening, I'll be having a conversation with Sir Anthony Buzzard about my work on...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Recent Christology Books and Blogging

Matters of Christology are getting renewed attention, including on blogs, but also in some important...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

SNTS Montreal: Business Meeting and Opening Reception

The start of the official SNTS program yesterday evening was with the first of two...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Listen to Crispin Fletcher-Louis

When I say "listen to" I don't necessarily mean that you should find everything he...

June 10, 2016

Jesus Monotheism Volume 1

I've been looking forward to blogging about Crispin Fletcher-Louis' book Jesus Monotheism: Volume One -...

December 2015

December 13, 2015

Wipf and Stock Holiday Discount

Wipf and Stock has published a lot of great books, including some that I have...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Akhenaten’s Boardroom Suggestion

I really love this ancient Egypt version of the well-known boardroom suggestion meme! You need...

August 18, 2015

Quick Thoughts on Paul and the Trinity

Other bloggers have been drawing attention to Wesley Hill's book, Paul and the Trinity. And...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

One God, One…Wait, What?!

I'm not sure whether this proves that saying "one God" plus one of something else...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

A Journey Round John: Wendy North’s Forthcoming Book

I had drawn to my attention that a new book on a field of great...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

More Monotheism

Another publication of mine - also an entry in a reference volume on the subject...

February 17, 2015

Monotheism, Ethics, and the Bible

A pdf of my article on "Monotheism," published in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Relation and Ontology in Paul’s Chris(t)ology

I thought this was a particularly important statement in Benjamin Edsall's review of Chris Tilling's...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Jesus’ Piety

One text which received a significant amount of discussion in the Bart Ehrman book review...

November 22, 2014

Thoughts on Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God #SBLAAR14

Today I am a panelist in an SBL session about Bart Ehrman's book, How Jesus...

September 2014

September 15, 2014

How Did Ken Schenck Do?

Ken Schenck blogged about the worship of Jesus, and I feel honored to be included...

September 14, 2014

Only God

When my pastor recently did a sermon series about controversial topics, I initially wanted to...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Shared Names: Christology and Confusion

Nijay Gupta kindly responded to my post. This is turning out to be a delightful...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Are the Christologies of Paul and Mark Different?

In discussions of Christology, a major divide (as illustrated by the dueling books between Ehrman...

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