The Logos Academic Blog
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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Inviting Students to Confront Their Misrepresentations About Jesus
Michael Kibbe | Great Northern University
“The Gospel of Mark can be summed up in two words: Rome wins.” I speak these words about sixty minutes into my first hermeneutics session of every semester. It’s a sophomore-level general education course at an evangelical liberal arts university, and since the students have already had OT and NT survey on top of whatever church/Christian education background they possess, the biblical literacy rate is reasonably high. But whatever perspective they’ve come in with about the story of Jesus, “Rome wins” probably isn’t it.1
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by R. M. Hurd
I was kindly asked to give a brief outline of my research method and ideas thereon; here are some unrefined thoughts.
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Ephesians is widely considered one of the most beautifully composed texts of the New Testament. And yet, because some scholars argue that Paul did not write the letter, it is often left out of academic conversations about Paul, his ministry, and his theology. Since the authorship question is so crucial to how Ephesians is interpreted, we will note where each commentary writer lands on the matter.
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The following Call for Papers has just been published by Ian Paul over at Psephizo for the 2020 Tyndale NT Study Groups, with a fascinating topic of inquiry: Doing Theology in World on the Move. See below for more details:
The Tyndale New Testament Study Group is part of the Tyndale Fellowship for biblical and theological research, based at Tyndale House in Cambridge, and including evangelical scholars from all over the world.
The 2020 NT Study Group will be meeting with all the study groups for the interdisciplinary Quadrennial Tyndale Fellowship Conference at High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire from Monday 29th June to Wed 1st July 2020. Our theme this year (for all the groups together) is Doing Theology in a World on the Move – Migration, Borders and Citizenship.
We would welcome proposals of papers on any issue of scholarly debate on issues relating to this, which might include subjects relating to:
or other relevant New Testament issues. Alongside the main theme, there will also be space to hear papers on other issues in NT study as in previous years.
The study group is a great opportunity to engage with the best of evangelical scholarship, and to meet other scholars from around the world.
If you would like to offer a paper, either on the main theme, or on another area of NT study, please send a proposal (of not more than 300 words) to the group’s Secretary, Dr Nick Moore nicholas.j.moore@durham.ac.uk by Tuesday 1st October 2019. We are always interested in hearing from established scholars but also in encouraging younger scholars and those still engaged in initial research.
The full programme will be published before the end of the year; online booking is already open on the website.
We would also be interested to hear expressions of interest in offering papers for the successive three years as well:
2021 Later Pauline Epistles: Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon and the Pastorals
2022 Ethics and moral transformation in the New Testament
2023 The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
Here’s an opportunity to expand your library that you won’t want to miss: a superb set of OT resources from T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies: 2016 (25 vols.), is currently on pre-order. But why should you care about this collection?
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Words and photography by Tavis Bohlinger; shot on Hasselblad.
There were few good excuses for any scholar in the EU to miss ISBL this year (the annual international conference of the Society of Biblical Literature), simply because the conference was held in Rome. What better location for a conference on biblical studies than the geographical center of historical Christianity? Furthermore, the event itself was held at one of the key training centers for Roman Catholic clergy and teachers in this iconic city, the Pontificial Gregorian University, a beautiful location in the heart of Rome’s main attractions.
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Like Romans, Galatians has been at the center of theological debate concerning Paul’s theology. At the heart of the issue is Paul’s view of the Law. Thankfully, several excellent commentaries are available, a few written in the last year or two.
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Sue Edwards | Dallas Theological Seminary
How you view women influences how you teach them. Paul uses familial language to describe Christian relationships, and I’ve found this imagery useful in creating a healthy classroom ethos where both women and men thrive.
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