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Biblical Studies Carnival October 2014

Brian Renshaw has the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. Brian Small has Hebrews Highlights for the month. Phillip Long is looking for a volunteer to host the last carnival of the year (to be posted at...

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Jesus: Not God in New Testament Christologies

Here are links to three interesting posts related to New Testament Christology. In each case, the evidence suggests that the New Testament authors in question did not identify Jesus as identical to,...

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The Gospel of John in a Galaxy Far Far Away

In a recent blog post, Andrew McGowan suggested that the opening lines of the Gospel of John or the Letter to the Hebrews ought, if transferred into a modern idiom, appear in the characteristic...

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Sacrificing Sacrificial Language

The last time my Sunday school class met, we discussed whether the language of “sacrifice” is essential to Christian thinking about the death of Jesus, or is a metaphor or illustration used in New...

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The First Millennials

The conversation about millennials and church decline continues – see for instance posts by Richard Beck, Bob Cornwall (and another), Tripp Fuller, Hollis Phelps, Eddie Kouya, Allan Bevere, Travis...

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The Most Shocking Verse in Hebrews?

The most shocking verse in the Epistle to the Hebrews? No, I’m not referring to that verse near the end of the epistle where the author, apparently seriously, refers to having written “briefly.” I’m...

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Cataclysmic Biblical Studies Carnival!

The latest Biblical Studies Carnival is up on the blog Cataclysmic! The Hebrews Carnival is up at Polumeros kai Polutropos, and the Septuagint Studies Soirée is up at Words on the Word. Also related to...

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Outside the Gate

As we reached the end of Hebrews in my Sunday school class last week, I was struck once again by how there are texts which are so clearly at odds with mythicism, and yet which are explained away with a...

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Biblical Studies Carnival

Brian Davidson has posted the latest Biblical Studies Carnival, with a round up of highlights in this past month’s Biblical studies blogging. This month’s Septuagint Soiree has also been posted, as has...

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January 2014 Biblical Studies Carnival

Brian Renshaw has posted the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. The latest Hebrews carnival is also up.

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