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Interview & Photo Essay: The Urban World and the First Christians

November 29, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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Photographs by David Gill

We are pleased to feature an exclusive interview with the co-editors of an exciting collection of essays on Christianity and the ancient city, The Urban World and the First Christians (UWFC). [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, Early Christianity, Interview, New Testament, Photo Essay Tagged With: archaeology, Bible, christians, classics, corinth, david, gill, new, paul, philippi, religion, rome, steve, testament, trebilco, urban, walton

Interview: Jamie Davies on Paul, the Apocalypses, and What the Church Stands to Gain from Both

November 13, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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I had the great pleasure recently of reading Jamie Davies’ Paul Among the Apocalypses?: An Evaluation of the “Apocalyptic Paul” in the Context of Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature, his contribution to T&T Clark’s Library of New Testament Studies monograph series. Jamie and I sat down for a conversation about Paul, the meaning of “apocalyptic,” and how the church stands to benefit from recent scholarship on the issue. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Interview, New Testament Tagged With: apocalypses, bristol, college, davies, jamie, lnts, new, paul, revelation, scholar, testament, trinity

Thomas Schreiner Talks Romans 2nd Edition

October 18, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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Thomas Schreiner’s BECNT commentary on Romans has just undergone a major revision from the first edition, released 20 years ago. The second edition is a whopping 944 pages of thorough exegetical work, updated with the latest scholarship on Paul’s greatest letter. I had a chance to ask him a few questions about the highly-anticipated 2nd edition, which was just made available this week on Logos. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, Interview, New Testament Tagged With: baker, commentary, exegetical, new, romans, schreiner, testament, thomas

Design Showcase: The Tyndale House Greek New Testament

October 5, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 7 Comments

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Photography by Tavis Bohlinger*

Welcome to the first in a new series on the Logos Academic Blog (theLAB), in which we discuss everything but the actual content of a book. Design Showcase is a series of interviews with both publishers and designers of the best academic resources in the world of biblical scholarship. In this first of the series, we’re going to take a look at the Tyndale House Greek New Testament, or THGNT. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Design Showcase, Greek, New Testament, Photo Essay Tagged With: Bible, design, Greek, house, new, testament, tyndale

Jeanette Pifer on “What Makes a good Biblical Scholar or Theologian?”

September 17, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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“Humility, faith, faithfulness, worship.” [Read more…]

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Filed Under: What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar? Tagged With: barclay, biola, hagen, jeanette, new, pifer, scholar, talbot, testament

Recap of the British New Testament Conference 2018

September 13, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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Words and Photos by Tavis Bohlinger

Last Friday morning at 6:45 am I boarded a train in SE London for a 1.5-hour journey to West London, where there lies a quaint, little town called Twickenham. There, at St Mary’s University, I was to meet a somewhat large gathering of biblical scholars attending the British New Testament Conference (BNTC).  [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Conferences, Miscellaneous Tagged With: 2018, bntc2018, british, conference, mary's, new, st, testament, twickenham

Max Botner on “What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar or Theologian?”

September 3, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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From my perspective, a good biblical scholar is someone who is immersed in the primary sources, has a firm grasp of the history of the discipline, and communicates clearly with and listens to the voices of others. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar? Tagged With: botner, Cornerstone, grand, max, new, rapids, seminary, testament, theological, university

The Wright Stuff: “God and the Faithfulness of Paul” Editor Interview

August 9, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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I recently had the privilege of sitting down (virtually) with the three editors of a large collection of essays by leading biblical scholars and theologians engaging with the highly esteemed and highly controversial N.T. Wright. That volume is God and the Faithfulness of Paul (GFP), edited by Christoph Heilig, J. Thomas Hewitt, and Michael F. Bird. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Interview, New Testament Tagged With: bird, christoph, faithfulness, god, heilig, hewitt, michael, n.t. wright, new, ntw, paul, pauline, studies, testament, tom, wright

Everyone (Who Cares about Early Christianity) Has a Dog in this Fight

May 30, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 2 Comments

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Mark Goodacre and Alan Garrow are due to meet at this year’s British New Testament Conference at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 6‐8th September. The issues at the heart of the $1,000 Challenge will be debated in the Synoptic Gospels Seminar. Alan Garrow will present a paper, “Reflections on the $1,000 Challenge” (abstract) with Mark Goodacre offering a response. In anticipation of that meeting, Alan Garrow has written the following: [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Biblical Studies, Conferences, New Testament Tagged With: 2018, alan, british, conference, garrow, goodacre, luke, Mark, matthew, new, problem, synoptic, testament

Michelle Knight on “What makes a good Biblical Scholar or Theologian?”

May 29, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger Leave a Comment

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In my experience, it is the ability to listen that makes a great biblical scholar. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: What Makes a Good Biblical Scholar? Tagged With: college, knight, michelle, old, testament, wheaton

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