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Review of Thomas McCall, Which Trinity? Whose Monotheism?
I am grateful to Eerdmans for having sent me a free review copy of Thomas H. McCall’s book Which Trinity? Whose Monotheism? Philosophical and Systematic Theologians on the Metaphysics of Trinitarian...
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High on Christology Smack(down)?
Mike Bird has a post reflecting on some of the interactions about Christology in the latest issue of Expository Times, which included reviews of books on this subject both by my Doktorvater James Dunn...
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Paul’s Expanded Shema in 1 Corinthians 8:6
On the blog Diglotting, in a post with the title “Paul, 1 Cor. 8.6, and the Shema,” Kevin Brown asked if anyone apart from me views what Paul is doing in 1 Corinthians 8:6 as a supplementing of the...
View ArticleBauckham and the Vague, Confusing Terminology of Divine Identity
Nick Norelli mentioned my name in connection with a discussion of Richard Bauckham’s use of the phrase “divine identity” in relation to early Christology. As I have said before, I do think that...
View ArticleDivine Christology in Mark’s Gospel?
Kevin Brown, on his blog Diglotting, has posted part one and part two of a series about the Christology of the Gospel of Mark. Kevin does a great job of highlighting what the text does – and does not –...
View ArticleIs Jesus The Only Way? A Progressive Christian Perspective
Elsewhere on Patheos, as part of the ongoing symposium “What is Progressive Christianity?”, Rev. Susan Strouse shares her thoughts on the idea that Jesus is the only way.
View ArticleJames D. G. Dunn on Adamic Christology in Philippians 2:6-11
The possibility of a comparison between Jesus and Adam in Philippians 2:6-11 has been one of the major talking points in discussions of Pauline Christology over the past three decades. Since at least...
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Nick Norelli on Sacrifice, Monotheism and Christology
Nick Norelli posted an entry on his blog about sacrificial worship, connecting it with James D. G. Dunn’s book Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? and also with my own book, The Only True God. Nick...
View ArticleWorshiping Jesus around the Biblioblogosphere
There are a couple of posts from around the blogosphere on the subject of monotheism, Christology and early Christian worship: Larry Hurtado posted on his conversation with James Dunn at the British...
View ArticleReview of Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma
My review of the book Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma by Riemer Roukema has been posted on the Review of Biblical Literature web site.
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God’s Own Blood in Acts 20:28? Christology and Textual Criticism
Brian LePort has posted on one of the different manuscript readings in Acts 20:28. For those who may be new to the topic, there are two important variants in that verse in the Greek manuscripts we...
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Cylon Resurrection and More from the Last Day #AARSBL #SBLAAR
If you didn’t get a copy of Religion and Science Fiction at AAR/SBL, one of the people you can blame is Jim Linville, who apparently was one of those who snatched up a copy. But when it inspired him to...
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It’s a Girl!
HT Daniel Florien. Please note that if this cartoon offends you, you are probably still carrying baggage from a patriarchal era.
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The Divinity of Christ: A Response to Roger Olson
In the same 24 hour period, Roger Olson and Daniel McClellan posted on the subject of the divinity of Christ. Roger Olson tries to make the case that this doctrine should be regarded as a Christian...
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Jeff Carter Blogs About The Only True God
Jeff Carter has been reading my book The Only True God and yesterday he blogged about it. Please click through and take a look at what he has to say. Thanks, Jeff, for blogging about the book! (I’ve...
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Review of Earl Doherty’s Jesus: Neither God Nor Man chapter 10 part two
I’ve finally found some time to post my second blog entry about chapter 10 of Earl Doherty’s book Jesus: Neither God Nor Man – The Case for a Mythical Jesus. Here’s a link to my first post about this...
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Translating (Away) The Son of God
I’ve been meaning for some time to come back to a topic that has been garnering attention, the news that some Bible translations aimed at predominantly Islamic contexts were not using the phrase “son...
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The Only True God in Paperback
At long last, the wait is almost over for those of you who’ve been awaiting a paperback edition of my book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context. University of Illinois...
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John’s Apologetic Christology for Kindle
I somehow failed to notice earlier that my first book, John’s Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology, is available for Kindle, at a much cheaper price than even...
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The Only True God in Paperback
My book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context is now at long last available in paperback! My first author's copy arrived a few days ago, and it now shows up on Amazon.com...
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