Posts Tagged Chris Brady
Two of the Biblioblogging Papers Presented at #SBL10
Posted by Joel in Biblioblogging on November 22, 2010
First, from Jim Davila:
Sixth and finally, I think it is fair to say that biblioblogging has contributed at least a little to the accelerating erosion of the authority of the mainstream media. My earlier two papers collected many examples and you can find many more in posts on many biblioblogs since 2005.
Read the entire paper about the progress that Biblioblogging has made. You know my story, of course, but read the details.
Then, Chris Brady,
The anomaly of Jim West
Speaking of Jim I should note the significant variant of Jim West’s blog. The latest iteration is called “Zwingli Redivivus” and while Jim West regularly posts on issues related to biblical studies, he also has various humor posts, rants against the “depraved,” and wikipedia. The volume he produces is considerable and the number of hits his site receives has kept his blog #1 on the Biblioblogs monthly Top 50 since its inception. It is, however, quite the exception.
If the others post theirs, I’ll link to those as well.
Targumming (I guess) Creation and Hebrew and other stuff
Dr. Chris Brady has a post up about the uses of Hebrew in Genesis 1. It caught my eye because in my OT Intro class, we are currently discussing Genesis 1 and 2 and I have used John Walton and Robert Di Vito in my discussions, both of whom focus on how something is being said in the original. Anyway, in reading his post, he refers to an older post by Dr. Chris Heard on the Hebrew in Genesis 1 who then included a link to a 2003 lecture by John Walton.
For my part, I find great theological insights in Genesis 1 mainly do to leaving behind the notion that it is only talking about Creation.
Anyway, check out those posts if you get a chance.
And, if you get a chance, answer this.
Chris Brady on The Body of Christ
Read the entire article, but the point is made a bit here:
Why should Christians need a body? Because unlike Buddhism where the emphasis is upon the teachings and practices of the founding teacher, Christianity is that and more. As an aside and to make this point, when Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ
1 came out a rabbi friend of mine complaining about the violence said he did not understand why the movie had to be about the crucifixion, why not the Sermon on the Mount. “After all,” he said, “it is not like the crucifixion is central to Christianity.” Except it is.
Read the rest here:
