Helen Bond remembers J. D. G. (Jimmy) Dunn
Professor Helen Bond, former CSCO Director and now Head of the School of Divinity at Edinburgh, took her PhD at Durham under the supervision of J. D. G. (Jimmy) Dunn, […]
J. Louis Martyn: Fifty Years On—A ‘Two-Level Drama’ of Scriptural Interpretation in John 9
J. Louis Martyn and Two-Level Drama in the Gospel of John The Society of Biblical Literature’s Annual Meeting always offers a whirlwind of sessions catering to every niche of […]
Early Christian Ritual Life
In this short video, Professor Steven Muir offers up some thoughts on the applicability of ritual in early Christianity.
Eaten By Worms: Comparison between Acts 12:23 and Death of the Persecutors 33-35
When asked if I wanted to write an article for this blog about worms, I was hooked. It is one of my favorite parts in my dissertation and I cannot […]
Consequences For Early Christian Converts
In this video, Larry Hurtado discusses the consequences of varying groups (e.g. Jew or Gentile) for their commitment to the early Jesus movement.
Encountering “Normal” Violence in early Christian Texts in the Age of #metoo
In the wake of the groundbreaking exposé of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein published in the New Yorker last autumn, the #metoo movement has directed public attention to acts of violence […]
The Grammar of Messianism in Recent Discussion
My book The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users (OUP, 2017) has been out for less than a year, so published reviews are only just […]
When Heresy was Orthodox: Quartodecimanism as a Brief Case Study
Many people are celebrating Easter all over the world this time of year, some within a Christian context and others a more secular one. Many people receive Communion on Easter […]
The Canonical Process Reconsidered
The canon of the Hebrew Bible was defined, if not yet finally closed, by the end of the first century CE. The Pharisaic canon became the canon of Rabbinic Judaism, […]
Appealing to Rome: Didn’t The Apostle Paul Forbid It?
Why do Christians continue going to court when the Apostle Paul forbade them to do that in 1 Corinthians 6:1-11? Verse 1 (NRSV) reads: ‘When any of you has a […]