Craig-Evans on J. David Stark

Didaktikos 1

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:00:03 +0000

Faithlife has launched a new journal specifically for faculty, Didaktikos, which focuses on issues related to theological education.

Qumran Cave 12: Update

Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:24:27 +0000

Since my previous post about Qumran Cave 12, a few other noteworthy articles have cropped up, including on:

FoxNews (HT: Jordan Sekulow via Craig Evans),
NPR (HT: Andreas Köstenberger), and
Times of Israel (HT: Douglas Estes).

Much of what is in these articles about the new find is also in other reports. But, the Times piece confirms that

Qumran Cave 12

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:05 +0000

Working under the auspices of Operation Scroll, archaeologists have discovered what is being numbered as the twelfth scroll cave in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran.

Work in the new cave has produced no new texts, but both linen (characteristic of scroll wrappers found elsewhere) and blank parchment fragments suggest that texts probably were stored in the cave at some point. Since no [scroll-type] texts were found in this cave, as with cave 8, the new cave’s designation will likely be Q12 rather than 12Q. [Updated 15 February 2017. For explanation of this correction, please see Qumran Cave 12: Update 2.]

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (December 15, 2012)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:16:41 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Moshe Bar-Asher and Devorah Dimant, eds., Meghillot [Hebrew]: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, VIII-IX, reviewed by George Brooke
Abigail Pelham, Contested Creations in the Book of Job: The-World-as-It-Ought- and-Ought-Not-to-Be, reviewed by Norman Habel
Beat Weber, Werkbuch Psalmen III: Theologie und Spiritualität des Psalters und seiner Psalmen, reviewed by Mark Elliott
Ina Willi-Plein, Das Buch Genesis: Kapitel 12-50, reviewed by Wolfgang Zwickel

New Testament and Cognate Studies