J. David Stark

Tag: Gospels

  • On the Web (October 19, 2012)

    On the web: Jim Davila and Hershel Shanks, among others, pay tribute to the fallen titan, Frank Moore Cross. Michael Bird joins Joel Watts in reflecting on Justin Martyr, Xenophon, and the Gospels. The Cornell University Library has a collection of Eleusinian inscription images available (HT: Charles Jones).

  • Biblical Theology Bulletin 42, no. 4

    The next issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin includes: David M. Bossman, “The Ebb and Flow of Biblical Interpretation” Joel Edmund Anderson, “Jonah in Mark and Matthew: Creation, Covenant, Christ, and the Kingdom of God” Peter Admirand, “Millstones, Stumbling Blocks, and Dog Scraps: Children in the Gospels” Zeba A. Crook, “Memory and the Historical Jesus” John W.…

  • Carrier, "Thallus and the Darkness at Christ's Death"

    In the latest contribution to the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Richard Carrier discusses “Thallus and the Darkness at Christ’s Death”: It is commonly claimed that a chronologer named Thallus, writing shortly after 52 CE, mentioned the crucifixion of Jesus and the noontime darkness surrounding it (which reportedly eclipsed the whole world for three…

  • New Testament Studies 58, no. 4

    The latest issue of New Testament Studies includes: Markus Lau, “Geweißte Grabmäler. Motivkritische Anmerkungen zu Mt 23.27–28” Matthias Adrian, “Der Blick durch die enge Tür: Lk 13.22–30 im architekturgeschichtlichen Kontext der städtischen domus” Jonathan Bourgel, “Les récits synoptiques de la Passion préservent-ils une couche narrative composée à la veille de la Grande Révolte Juive?” George…

  • Bauckham on the Gospels as Historical Sources

    In this clip, Richard Bauckham briefly abstracts his own argument from Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=292NTf1cCNw&hl=en_US&fs=1]

  • Snodgrass on a “Hermeneutics of Identity”

    Snodgrass on a “Hermeneutics of Identity”

    Klyne Snodgrass discusses a “hermeneutics of identity.” Snodgrass repeatedly observes the New Testament’s concern with issues related to identity.