Daily Archives: January 1, 2016

Scattered Ramblings on New Year’s Day

Posted on January 1, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Many people see New Year’s Day as a time of hope and new beginnings.  We may have had a bad year, and we hope for a better one.  Or we may simply hope for a better year, even if the … Continue reading →

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Biblical Studies Carnival – December 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Welcome to the December 2015 Biblical Studies Carnival! I hope everyone’s had a great holiday season. If you’re reading this on January 1, then your new year is off to a great start! As is typical of December, the biblioblogdom…

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Book Review – Christ Among the Messiahs (Matthew Novenson)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Matthew W. Novenson. Christ Among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012 (paperback 2015). 256 pp. $35.00. Christ Among the Messiahs is a revision of Novenson’s dissertation at Princeton Theological…

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Review of Craig Keener, “Miracles,” Continued: Why Is There a Greater Frequency of Miracles in the Gospels than in Greco-Roman Biographies and Historiography?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Originally posted on Κέλσος:
As we close the year 2015, I will be writing the third installment of my review of Craig Keener’s Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts here on Κέλσος. After this part I will also probably take a break…

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