Tag Archives: James Crossley
SBL on Sunday, or God was not intended to be taken seriously
Sunday highlights at the 2011 Society of Biblical Literature conference: 1. The inaugural University of Otago reception. The club was pumping, standing shoulder to shoulder with various friends, associates, current and former students and faculty, and various party-crashers. It went … Continue reading
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“Jesus is a Cunt” Hoodies Horrify Invercargill Woman
Serious investigative reporting by The Southland Times (Invercargill, New Zealand) has uncovered that teenagers are wearing hoodies with the dual purpose of (1) shocking their parents and other old people; (2) expessing themselves as individuals. Eighteen-year-old Invercargill woman Sarah Shirley, who … Continue reading
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Roland Boer’s Scurrilous Display of the most Vulgar Marxism on Bible & Interpretation Tears Apart the Foibles of Biblical Scholarship. This could be the beginning of a new method of interpreting the biblical text.
The problem illustrated: If what I write could help in any way towards the establishment of justice and peace there [in Israel and Palestine], or indeed anywhere else, I would be deeply grateful. – N.T. (“Tom”) Wright, Jesus and the … Continue reading
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Wellhausen’s Presuppositions
In his 1871 work, Der Text der Bücher Samuelis, Julius Wellhausen displays his awareness that all scholars operate within a complex frame which contains, inextricably, both presupposition and truth: »Man muß einen Vorbegriff haben von der Wahrheit, um sie zu finden« “One must have … Continue reading
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