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July 2013

July 27, 2013

The Word Became App

Evangelicalism has never, ever been about just "the Bible alone." Sure, the slogan has been...

July 03, 2013

SBL Program Book Available

Thanks to Dan McClellan for pointing out that the Society of Biblical Literature 2013 Annual...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Vridar Returns (and a Review of a Review of a Review)

Before Vridar had been shut down as a result of a copyright complaint from Joel Watts,...

May 2013

May 01, 2013

John, Jesus, and History Conference

Tom Thatcher sent around the news about an exciting-looking conference to be held in Baltimore...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

Student Blogging Session at SBL 2013

Here's the information about the session on student blogging and students in the digital age...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Mythicism and the Mainstream: The Rhetoric and Realities of Academic Freedom

I've been meaning to post for a while that my Society of Biblical Literature paper...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

AAR and SBL Call for Papers: The End is Near!

First, Daniel Kirk shared some advice about browser issues when submitting paper proposals - in...

February 27, 2013

SBL Seminar Papers Online

Ancient World Online noted recently that a number of SBL Seminar Papers going back more...

February 26, 2013

SBL Call For Papers: Deadline Approaching

Dear Colleague: The 2013 SBL Annual Meeting Call for Papers closes at Thursday, February 28...

February 13, 2013

SBL Blogger and Online Publication Call for Papers

As I will be taking over as chair of the Blogger and Online Publication Society...

January 2013

January 04, 2013

Conservative Evangelicalism and Academic Freedom

In a blog post today, Pete Enns asked whether an Evangelical institution of higher education...

December 2012

December 16, 2012

A Mythicist Salm of Lament

Some mythicists might consider it a major achievement that Rene Salm got invited to speak...

December 04, 2012

SBL 2013 CFP

We're still recovering from this year's Society of Biblical Literature conference. But the call for...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Mythicist vs. Short Smiling Scholar

It has been a while since I have blogged about mythicism. But several mythicism-related blog...

November 24, 2012

Mos Eisley #SBLAAR 2012 Annual Meeting

An article in the New York Times today compared the recent joint annual meeting of...

November 23, 2012

The Resurrection in Eastern Iconography

John Dominic Crossan's presidential address at SBL was incredibly interesting, and made fantastic use of...

November 20, 2012

Home From #SBLAAR

I'm back home safe and sound from the conference in Chicago. I expect that blogging...

November 20, 2012

#sblaar Mandaean Running

Yesterday morning was the first bit of genuinely free time I have had at the...

November 19, 2012

#sblaar Bibliobloggers’ Gathering

The bibliobloggers' gathering last night at Kitty O'Shea's was great, and it included several bloggers...

November 19, 2012

#sblaar Punny Papers

The day before yesterday I was involved in a session put together by the SBL...

November 18, 2012

Online Version of #SBLAAR Conference Paper: Revisiting the Relationship between the Mandaean Book of John and the New Testament

I have posted a copy of my conference paper which I will be reading at the...

November 17, 2012

#sblaar Now Presenting!

I will be involved with a panel in a few minutes with the title "Now...

November 16, 2012

Made It To Chicago #sblaar

I drove up to Chicago today for the joint annual meeting of the American Academy...

November 16, 2012

#SBLAAR Conference Paper Teaser: John-Books and Sabbath-Loosing

I will post a link from my blog to a full version of my conference...

November 15, 2012

Take Me Back to Chicago #sblaar

This one goes out to everyone traveling to Chicago for the AAR and/or SBL annual...

November 10, 2012

Blogging One’s Conference Paper

The night before last, I put the finishing touches on the first completed draft of...

November 07, 2012

#SBLAAR 2012 Gathering of Bibliobloggers and Other Religion Bloggers: Sunday November 18th at 7pm

The votes are in, the election ended, and the bibliobloggers have spoken! The gathering of...

November 03, 2012

2012 Annual Bibliobloggers’ Gathering

The supreme council of biblioblog overlords has decided...OK, so of course there is no such...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Conference Hashtag: #SBLAAR

After some consultation, I think that it is to be agreed that the hashtag to...

October 29, 2012

Mandaean Studies at SBL and AAR

Here is a round-up of what's going on at this year's Society of Biblical Literature...

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