The Logos Academic Blog
By Dr. Matthew Everhard | Pastor Elect, Gospel Fellowship, PCA
If you hang around someone long enough, be careful: you might end up becoming more and more like them. You may pick up some of their mannerisms. You may begin to use some of their expressions. If you truly admire them, you might even begin to dress like them or evidence other forms of sincerest flattery.
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Words and images by Tavis Bohlinger. Shot on Hasselblad.
Aberdeen University was the proud host of this year’s International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT). The 23rd congress of this event was held August 4-9, 2019 in Scotland’s famous “Granite City,” so named for the granite used to construct many of the buildings in this old and stoic metropolis. In the photoessay below, I’ve attempted to bring the experience of IOSOT 2019 to you, the reader, by capturing key moments from the event and iconic images from the city.
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Colossians is an underappreciated jewel in the Pauline corpus, often sidelined from academic conversations because of its debated authorship. It is a beautifully-crafted meditation on the cosmic-and-crucified Christ.
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The last few weeks in the academic job market were understandably busy in the run-up to SBL in November. Of the 30 jobs on offer, take note of the three (count ’em) positions in biblical studies at Emory, a handful NT posts (Samford, LMU & Bethlehem) and some promising full professor spots. Numerous others from Chester to Vancouver, Chicago to Saskatchewan. Happy hunting.
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by David Jones | School of Theology, SWBTS
Today’s researcher does not suffer from a lack of information. Rather, the problem of modern research is finding the best, most relevant information for your questions quickly and efficiently. Speed and efficiency are precisely what Logos brings to searching resources. What is true of books in Logos is true of journal articles, and the Master Journal Bundle 3.1 (henceforth, MJB) provides the best collection of journal articles you can own—for the best price.
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For decades, N. T. Wright has written groundbreaking works that have reshaped our understanding of the earliest Christians. And now it all culminates in his latest release: a 900+ page, definitive overview of the New Testament as seen through first-century eyes.
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This short Pauline epistle has long fascinated scholars, especially the so-called “Christ Hymn” (2:6-11), offering the possibility that Paul embedded here a piece of liturgy or tradition from earliest Christianity (or Paul proves himself here a poet as well as a theologian). More recently, attention has turned to Paul’s shaping of Christian identity, his attitude towards his own Jewish identity and his pre-Christ past, and how he teaches the Philippians to navigate their life together in a potentially hostile context. Exegetical and theological wisdom is widely available in existing commentaries.
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Verbum co-sponsored the Pontifical Biblical Institute’s Jesus and the Pharisees conference in Rome this May. The conference brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to discuss the role of the Pharisees in the life of Christ and the Church and how some portrayals of the Pharisees have contributed to anti-Semitism.
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by Rev Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Cambridge
We tend to read the OT as though God is the only spiritual being, and at the first hint of plurality (e.g., “let us create”) we look ahead to Jesus. There are of course “strange bits” like Psalm 82 and Job 1, but these can be ignored. In the NT things become a bit more complex, with Satan, demons, and angels, and we assume that these will somehow explain the strange bits of the OT.
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Due to the editor’s conference travels, the Jobs post has been on a short hiatus, but we are back this week with three dozen new postings. There are numerous open rank and assistant professor positions on offer, as well as a handful of prestigious chairs up for grabs, from Los Angeles to Aberdeen, Germany to Austria. Happy hunting, and be sure to get your Free Book of the Month as the link below.
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