Previous post on "women in ministry": Naked Bible Podcast 130 - ETS: Image/Idols, Women & the Church I saw this come up in Twitter today -- Larry Hurtado's comments on a recent study by Philip Payne concerning whether 1 Cor 14:34-35 were originally part of 1...
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Not Good News: The New NAR “Passion Translation” of the Bible
This just popped into my In box. I apologize for being so behind the curve on this but, as I noted on my "About" page, I don't follow the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) nor do I think its distinctive teachings are scriptural. But lots of movements have those sorts of...
Update on First Century Mark Papyrus
This just in from Peter Gurry of the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Readers will recall we interviewed Peter last year for the Naked Bible Podcast SBL interview series. Thanks for this update, Peter!
Mike’s Book, The Bible Code Myth, Now Available for Kindle
I wrote and self-published The Bible Code Myth over ten years ago. I don't believe it was ever on Amazon (so long ago I can't remember). I had sold it as a PDF as well. Through a lot of help on the part of Peter Rust, a friend of mine who has helped out with other...
Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog Discusses Inerrancy and Textual Criticism
Good discussion, and some equally good thoughts scattered through the comments. Inerrancy and Textual Criticism
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 130: ETS-SBL Interviews with Scholars – Part 3
During the recent annual meetings for biblical studies scholars held in San Antonio, Dr. Heiser interviewed a number of scholars about their recent work. In Part 3 of those interviews, we hear again from David Burnett, a familiar voice on the podcast, and meet Dr....
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 129: ETS-SBL Interviews with Scholars – Part 2
During the recent annual meetings for biblical studies scholars held in San Antonio, Dr. Heiser interviewed a number of scholars about their recent work. In Part 2 of those interviews, we meet Dr. Andy Naselli (New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 128: ETS-SBL Interviews with Scholars – Part 1
Well, I'm on my way back home from ETS and SBL. The week is always fun (sort of my Bible geek recharge for the year), but this year it was more so because Trey was along. We took the Naked Bible Podcast on the road. We wound up interviewing nearly twenty scholars (8.5...
Vatican Library Provides Online Access to High Resolution Images of New Testament Papyri
Jean-Baptiste Piggin of the Macro-Typography blog has a nice listing of available manuscripts here. If you're interested in New Testament textual criticism, papyrology, and the transmission of the Greek New Testament, you'll want to take a look. If you read Greek, you...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 104 – How We Got the Old Testament
The episode is live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 104 offers a clear and myth-busting exploration of how the Old Testament—or Hebrew Bible—came to be recognized as authoritative Scripture. Dr. Michael Heiser carefully walks through the Jewish historical context,...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 99: Debunking New Testament Manuscript Conspiracies
The episode is now live. This episode is in response to listener requests. Mike and Trey interview Rick Brannan, the information specialist for Greek New Testament products and databases at Logos Bible Software, about how we got the New Testament, the KJV-only idea,...
New Book on the Text-Critical Authenticity (or Not) of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11)
The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog just posted news of a new book on this well-known and textually controversial passage (the woman taken in adultery): David Alan Black and Jacob Cerone (eds.), The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research. The...
The New Testament Writers Had the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in their Heads
I often get the question of whether I think books like 1 Enoch are canonical. I tell people I don't -- and that the question doesn't matter. A book doesn't need to be canonical to be useful, or to inform theological thinking. It's quite evident the NT writers had the...
More Evidence that So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife was Forged
Hat tip to Mark Goodacre via Twitter for this update on the forgery. The post is by Coptologist Christian Askeland.
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Forgery Subject of Latest NTS Journal – Free Access
Thanks to Mark Goodacre for the the notice on this. The latest issue of the scholarly journal New Testament Studies is dedicated to exposing the fraudulent nature of the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife." The editors have granted free access to the articles. No...