What Now Shall I Read? A Case for the NAB
Image via Wikipedia A very special thank you to Jeremy Thompson from Free Old Testament Audio (where coincidentally you can find the rankings of the top 50 Bibliobloggers on the interwebs) for joining...
View ArticleWhat Now Shall I Read: A Case for the NLT
A very special thank you to Joel Watts from Unsettled Christianity (one of the two highest ranking Biblioblogs on the web) for joining us in this project, “What now Shall I Read?” You You can read the...
View ArticleWhat Now Shall I Read: the HCSB and the KJV
Image via Wikipedia I could not find anyone who wanted to persuade me about these translations, and yet they are bestsellers and so deserve at least passing treatment. A very special thank you to my...
View ArticleWhat Now Shall I Read? The Exciting Conclusion
Image via Wikipedia A hearty, chunky, beefy, soupy “thank you” to everyone who has kept up with my search for a Bible translation, post-TNIV. Previous entries can be read here: Intro , NIV, NRSV, NAB,...
View ArticleCivil Discourse & The Apostle Paul: The First Angry Christian?
Image via Wikipedia Today’s Our Daily Bread Devotional this morning featured Acts 17:16, which the passage provided in the small devotional book read like this, “While Paul waited for them in Athens,...
View ArticlePraise For Pontius Pilate: Good Friday, Our Corporate Overlords, and Bible...
This Blog Post Was Brought To You Buy Fox News Channel And Hobby Lobby! the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”- Matthew 27:11 There are a number of reasons why I refuse to join a large...
View ArticleI’ve Started To Use The Common English Bible
For the past few years, I had been strictly using the New Revised Standard Version for both my daily devotional time and scholarly writing. I enjoy the NRSV so much that I think I needed to take a...
View ArticleLook Ya’ll, A Texas Bible!
Location of state of XY (see filename) in the United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hey, I actually like where this is headed! The plural form of you is very difficult to understand, especially given...
View ArticleIndia, English Bibles, British Empire, And the Foreign Bible Society: A Joint...
This is a joint post by Rod and one of his siblings, Richard, who recently just finished a course taught by R.S. Sugitharajah entitled, “The Bible and Empire,” and you can also find Richard sometimes...
View ArticleUnleashing the Word: Freeing the Church from Biblical Studies
THE BIBLE AND LIBERATION IN AND THROUGH WORSHIP When I was in undergrad, one of the first courses I took in religious studies was Introduction to the Bible 101. It was taught by a Hebrew Bible scholar...
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