BS Carnival #195 - May 2022
On Time
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It's about time courtesy of Andrew Perriman on
Defying History See also the follow-up to this somewhat gentle seismograph. |
Old Testament
Torah
Paul Davidson writes about
the house of Joseph.
Gili Kugler on
The Decalogue’s Opening Laws.
Pete Enns
ruins Leviticus.
Avi Faust on distinguishing
walled city and settlement
with respect to the Jubilee.
Rachel Barenblatt on a portion of the holiness code,
Kedoshim - we live in a society.
Hilary Lipka on the prohibition of
marrying a father's wife.
Emmanuel Tov on some of the markings other than letters found in our oldest Hebrew manuscripts. https://t.co/EKy88oGCyZ
— James F. McGrath (@ReligionProf) May 20, 2022
Prophets
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| Jonah & the Fish |
Airton José da Silva notes a
Dicionario de Ciência da Religião
among other books on
Joshua
for the Month of the Bible, 2022.
Claude Mariottini on
Samson's mother.
Bible Odyssey
paints a picture of Solomon.
David Glatt on
Hezekiah's delayed Passover.
Rob Bradshaw points to resources on the web, e.g., for
Isaiah.
Claude Mariottini on
Living with Scorpions, concluding with a note from Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Jim Davila on Hosea and Micah in Hebrew and Greek.
Judith Newman writes about Jonah on
Prayer.
Writings
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The Melisende Psalter, Upper cover with scenes from the life of David |
David Koyziz, from Qumran on
David's prolific compositions.
Chantry Westwell marvels at
Queen Melisende’s gold and ivory Psalter.
Ben Myers heralds a 15-year-old wonder poet.
Milton’s translation of Psalm 114 was done as an exercise at the age of 15. It’s touching to see how the young poet was already so deeply impressed by the imaginative power of geography and names pic.twitter.com/CAyVRZraZR— Ben Myers (@_BenMyers_) May 3, 2022
Claude Mariotinni with a snippet from the film,
The story of Ruth.
David Curwin explores the sense of
Qohelet 2:8.
Jim Gordon reflects on the role of historical fiction to illuminate the
political context of books like Esther and Daniel
Language
How the singular Hebrew God became morphologically plural.
More of an article outline than a thread, but tweeting about an idea is more fun than looking up which 19th-century German already published it. So: a thread about the h in ʔĕlōhīm/allåhå/ʔilāh- etc. ‘god’, and why the #Hebrew word is morphologically plural. 1/20— Benjamin Suchard (@bnuyaminim) May 3, 2022
Jonathan Orr-Stav asks
Why is God’s name written in old Hebrew in the Dead Sea Scrolls?.
Atilla Marossy on
differentiating the holy, The Development of the Term Havdalah.
Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala on the
Bible in Arabic.
Bill Heroman on
Ankersmit.
Brent Niedergal reviews a
Greek Reader, by Mark Jeong.
Drew Longacre posts on Robert Crellin's
word division in NW Semitic and Greek.
Jim Davila points out a special on
the place of the Masoretic text in the history of the Bible.
New Testament
Gospels
Brandon Scott on the translation of
the prodigal.
Stephen Carlson on the synoptic problem, refined by Joe Weaks, and a reply
from Paul Anderson (lest John be ignored).
Thanks to @jweaks, a helpful diagram summarizing the quantitative relationships among the Synoptics. pic.twitter.com/pycdMq52RK— Stephen Carlson (@sccarlson) May 3, 2022
James Tabor explores the
transformation of Mary
from a "Jewish woman, likely widowed, of seven to ten children, to a barely
human –even heavenly figure– of piety". Hear his conclusion.
A younger JT posted a 2006 video on the tradition of Matthew in Hebrew with
further clarifications and comments
here.
Phillip Long writes on
Tithing and Purity Laws in Matthew.
Travis Proctor posts on
Demons and Christians in Antiquity.
H. A. G. Houghton describes
the recovery of a gospel from a palimpset.
Matt Page on a 99 year old silent film on
Jesus the Christ (1923).
Andrew Perriman interacting with Allan Bevere and James McGrath on the
undomesticated Jesus.
James McGrath and modern parables:
LaGuardia Airport, the Call Center and the Lost Sock.
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| LaGuardia - a random snip |
Acts
Ian Paul, following the lectionary, about the
significance of the raising of Tabitha
and
the gospel entering Europe.
Anna Giovanetto writes about
Ananias and Sapphira.
Andrew Perriman on
Paul in Athens.
Heather A. Thiessen reflects on the
Ascension.
Letters
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| Thinking |
Heather also reflects on
Romans 8:18-30
and
Galatians 5:1-15.
Scott Jackson on Stringfellow Contra Natural Law Theory.
Bart Ehrman deals with
1 Corinthians 15: Perhaps, Bart suggests, Paul writes to correct this sort of error:
As Greek-speaking and Greek-influenced pagans, they would have been raised on the very Platonic idea that the soul is immortal and cannot die, and that life after death involves a separation of the soul from the body, for a soulish existence forever. Possibly these pagan converts still think so as Christians. For them, there is no resurrection of the dead because life in the body forever is an absurd, even repulsive idea. The body is the problem. What lives on is the soul.
Philip Jenkins (via Jim Davila) asks
What happened to the rest of Paul's letters?
Chris Kugler tweeted on what is already realized.
🧵 on the eschatology of Colossians and Ephesians. One major theme that has, imo, been misunderstood is the theme of present "co-resurrection" and "co-ascension" with the Messiah (e.g. Col. 3.1ff.; Eph. 2.6). Many have taken this, along with other features of the letters,— Chris Kugler (@chrisryankugler) May 3, 2022
Allan Bevere quoted John Nugent on 1 Timothy and apples - that deceptive
fruit.
— Allan R. Bevere (@arbevere) May 5, 2022
Phillip Long reviews Tremper Longman's
Revelation through Old Testament Eyes.
Ian Paul: Four
sessions on the end of the world.
Other
Who is your most underrated character in the Bible and what is their story?
— The Church Mouse (@thechurchmouse) May 6, 2022
Richard Beck gives us a
touch of experimental theology
to set us on our responsible feet.
John A. MacDonald writes about
sacrifice.
Marg Mowczko writes of
Shekinah.
Elaine Graham on
Modern Theology, What are we doing when we talk about God?
Phil reviews the third edition of Maier's
Genuine Jesus.
Matt Page of the Bible Films Blog is
interviewed on BBC4.
Claude reveals his love of
Old Testament films and the influence of his son
on his blogging.
Mark Goodacre posts NT Pod #99 on
Women in the Bible.
Well "soon" turned out to be almost a year! But about to get this one recorded. If you have any more Q&As, though, there is just time! https://t.co/TpAhmAjT91
— Mark Goodacre (@goodacre) May 9, 2022
Amy Kenny joins Pete and Jared on
disability in Scripture.
Via Jim Davila,
Archaeologists on archaeology for Jerusalem Day.
Via
OTTC, Brent Nongbri on
The Ethics of Publication.
Perry Glanzer writes to the
class of 2022.
Phil Long is on a
trip to Israel and Jordan
this month
and so is
James
McGrath at the end of the month.
Philip Jenkins asks about
peopling the Biblical world.
Clayton Carlson and Julia Oostema try another image with junk DNA,
the redemption of all genes.
Bernard Brandon Scott on
Religion and Abortion.
Jim Gordon on
Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Lawrence Hoffman continues his letters with an open letter about
life after death.
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Don't spill them on your keyboard or clothes |
Bart Ehrman reveals his number 1
most commented post
in the last 10 years. He is also beginning a book project on
wealth and poverty. And he, like Larry Hoffman, is pondering a problem with time.
Is there any present?
he asks, having noticed his tea-towel in the office the next morning after
eating tacos.
Along similar lines, your host has been struggling to
say something useful
in a series of posts under the label "For the children".
James McGrath notes similar themes in
Strange New Worlds, mechanisms operated by music and the judgment of faith. It just so happens
that the opening verse of the Scripture is a major chord - apparently
sufficient to move an asteroid.
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| A major triad encompassing a perfect fifth opens Genesis |
Why wait for ever? Enter into the rest of God on the subdominant and take part
in a
perfect 'present' in a performance persisting longer than a picosecond.
Not sure that I have time for this, but James Tabor posts the question
Did Paul think Jesus pre-existed?
Before this carnival was published, it was already next month in New Zealand -
so as Brent stole the fourth of May in the last carnival, I will steal the
next Sunday,
Pentecost, the 50th day of Easter from tomorrow today.
There was much ado about Abba towards the end of the month, a memorable
celebration. Via a VIP.
What a wonderful night! So happy to have been at the VIP night of ABBA Voyage tonight, and to see ABBA on stage together at the end. #ABBAVoyage #MarksABBAVoyage pic.twitter.com/gPTgTC7t8Q
— Mark Goodacre (@goodacre) May 27, 2022
In Memoriam
Via Airton
Johan Konings.
and a guest post by Elizabeth Stone on
Abdualmir Hamdani,
W. Robertson Nicoll
Next Carnival
If you would like to do a carnival, please get in touch with Phillip Long who
invites you thus:
I have no volunteers until August. I would love to get the others lined up, so if you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (@plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival in 2022. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer.
- 196 June 2022 (Due July 1) -
- 197 July 2022(Due August 1) -
- 198 August 2022 (Due September 1) - Ben the Amateur Exegete, @amateurexegete
- 199 September 2022 (Due October 1) -
If you are new to blogging the Bible and related scholarship, here are some
sites that post good stuff on old things frequently:
The Torah, Jim Davila's PaleoJudaica, and Phillip Long's
Reading Acts. On
Twitter, you can follow the Biblical Studies lists, like
Emil Brunner
(started by veteran blogger
Jim West). If anyone has suggestions for social media feeds, blogs, lists, or groups,
feel free to put them in a comment.
Phil has a
full list
of carnivals. Here is the recent past made present.
| 196 | TBA – June 2022 (due July 1) |
| 195 | Bob MacDonald – Dust – May 2022 |
| 194 | Brent Niedergall – April 2022 |
| 193 | Ben – The Amateur Exegete – March 2022 |
| 192 | Bobby Howell – The Library Musings – February 2022 |
| 191 | Jim West – Zwingli Redivivus – January 2022 |
| 190 | Phillip J. Long, Reading Acts – December 2021 |
| 189 | Bob MacDonald at Dust – November 2021 |
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