Biblical Studies

Nov
30

The Laying on of Hands

Sometimes a question just sticks with you. This one comes courtesy of my sister. "Off the top of your head.
22 min read
May
11

Bibleland™

Biblical studies and theology have this semi-annoying/semi-comforting pattern in my life: I'll observe a phenomena and it'll sit in
4 min read
Sep
03

NIV New Testament Variant Footnotes

Last fall, the Presbyterian's youth director asked me to do a workshop for his high school students introducing textual criticism
2 min read
Jun
16

Which Bible Translation Should I Read?

I've never been asked this question by someone who doesn't already own an English Bible. It seems to me, if
7 min read
Jan
06

No More Excuses. This is the Year. I'm Reading Through The Bible

Fun fact about me: in all of my life, and all of my studies and all of my teaching positions,
4 min read
Sep
03

Unicode Sigla for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

Nobody is going to be surprised that text criticism is my favorite subject in the world. As we’ve been
1 min read
Aug
20

How to Get (Almost) Half Of A Seminary Education for $1,500 —TOTAL

I had the conversation again. The guy had a job, but was hungry to level-up his theology and Bible knowledge.
6 min read
Nov
30

What if Revelation was written by John...the Baptist?

The first step to writing a commentary is to question the traditional authorship. I don’t know why; it just
1 min read
Nov
27

LIVE STUDY: Mary and Elizabeth Weren’t Cousins?

Merry Christmas! cousins I was walking to Cheers-fil-a and listening to Catholic Answers (because I find that apologetics discussions get
9 min read
Nov
14

Should We Back Off The Papyri?

Though a series of events I won’t get into here, I was reading Stan Porter’s paper, Why so
2 min read