Schools and tenure committees are becoming more interested in the standard of journals to which one submits proposals. I was looking onl...
The Nature of OT Prophecy II
I finished my first post on the nature of Israelite prophecy stating that this phenomenon was not uncommon in the ANE cultures. However, ...
Oasis of Peace: Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Source: Wikimedia Commons A recent episode of PBS' Religion and Ethics News Weekly highlighted a very interesting community in ...
Since we're talking about NT Wright...
Today John wrote a great post about NT Wright. He is correct that NT Wright stirs up a lot of debate. In fact, there was even a blog c...
Justification (It's Still a "Thing")
I have just finished reading N.T. Wright’s book Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision in which a teacher of mine...
Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory
Some of you may know of Professor Bernard Levinson at the University of Minnesota ( CV ). Recently, he has been working in Israel, at ...
'ir dawid: fortress or city?
Jerusalem model: The city of David, the Pool of Siloam and the southern wall of Mount Moriah. Israel Museum (Photo credit: ...
More on Pig Bones?
It seems that pig bones are all the rage in archaeology right now. A few weeks ago, I posted a few thoughts on Israel Finkelstein's...
The Nature of OT Prophecy
Strozzi- Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Sarepta This fall I am teaching a course on Prophetic Literature to our graduate studen...
Speaking in Tongues, Now and Then
The New York Times Sunday Review published a short article by T. M. Luhrmann, a professor of anthropology, on speaki...