The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor
I’m delighted that St. Martin’s Press sent me an advance reading copy of Joel M. Hoffman’s book The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing From Your Bible. The book is due out...
View ArticleGeza Vermes Lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Click here to view the embedded video.HT 3quarksdaily
View ArticleMusic From the Sorrowing Earth of Qumran
Click here to view the embedded video.Jim Davila mentioned this piece, “From Sorrowing Earth” by Nigel Butterley, on his blog recently, indicating that the composer was inspired to write another piece,...
View ArticleWho Was Jesus to George Caird in 1977?
Thanks to Mark Goodacre and Matthew Montonini for sharing the above video, featuring New Testament scholar George Caird and also David Flusser being interviewed for the 1977 documentary, “Who Was Jesus?”
View ArticleN. T. Wright and James D. G. Dunn on the New Perspective on Paul
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View ArticleThe Dead Scrolls
I met a member of the band The Dead Squirrels recently. When he told me the name of his band, I misheard it and thought he said “The Dead Scrolls” and so I asked, “As in the Dead Sea Scrolls?” When I...
View ArticleThe Scepter and the Star
I am grateful to Eerdmans for having sent me a free review copy of the second edition of John J. Collins’ book The Scepter and the Star: Messianism in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Anyone familiar...
View ArticleAncient Judaism: New Visions and Views
Just as it was a privilege to read and review a book about Galilee while visiting Galilee and adjacent territories, so too it was a privilege to read Michael Stone’s book Ancient Judaism: New Visions...
View Article#CFP : The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy
FROM THE ORION CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: Open Call for Papers An International Symposium: The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy: “Clear a Path in the Wilderness” Date: 29 April–3 May,...
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