We would like to announce a new book by D33 blogger, Stanley E. Porter, that has just been released, Interpretation for Preaching and Teaching: An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics (Baker Academic). The overview of the book states: Renowned biblical scholar Stanley Porter offers an accessible introduction to hermeneutics to help students and pastors better interpret […]
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This book has been out for a couple of months now, but we would like to highlight this collection of essays, edited by Stanley E. Porter, Chris S. Stevens, and David I. Yoon, Studies on the Paratextual Features of Early New Testament Manuscripts (TENT 16; Leiden: Brill, 2023). The editors write, in the preface: This […]
We highlight another recently published book, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Alan E. Kurschner, The Future Restoration of Israel: A Response to Supersessionism, McMaster Biblical Studies Series 10 (Eugene, OR: Pickwick/MDC Press, 2023). The summary of the book is as follows: This volume is the most extensive of its kind as a major set […]
We recently had a question posed to us at D33 and we thought we would share it and our answer with you. The person asked about the following line of argumentation for prohibiting women from teaching in the church. She heard it claimed that the word for “teacher” in Greek (διδάσκαλος) never appears in the […]
The bloggers at D33 are excited about an upcoming conference this Thursday, April 27, at McMaster Divinity College called Secularism and the Pursuit of Transcendence: A Church and Culture Conference. From the website: We live in what has been called “a secular age.” What are the implications of secularism for the pursuit of transcendence? Is […]
Stanley Porter (my co-blogger) and Bryan Dyer (my friend and colleague) have just published a New Testament Christology, entitled Origins of New Testament Christology (Baker, 2023). There have not been nearly as many New Testament Christologies published compared to other kinds of books in New Testament studies—which is surprising since Christology is a very important […]
Anthony Charles Thiselton (13 July 1937—7 February 2023) was a New Testament theologian and scholar, as well as an Anglican priest, who is most known for his work in hermeneutics and New Testament theology. Having grown up in England, he received a BD and MTh from King’s College London, and a PhD from the University […]
We are sad to hear of the death of Professor David J. A. Clines at the age of 84 (1938–2022). David made a sustained contribution to biblical studies over the course of over five decades. Many biblical scholars, especially Old Testament scholars, will know Clines from his identification with the Biblical Studies department at the […]
Ed Parish Sanders (April 18, 1937—November 21, 2022) recently passed away at the age of 85, peacefully in his home in Durham, North Carolina. Sanders was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, was a high school football player (as a good Texan), and earned degrees from Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth (1955–1959), the Perkins School […]
We are announcing a recently published book by Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Theology and the Greek Language: A Linguistic Reconceptualization (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022). One might wonder what theology has to do with linguistics, especially since James Barr has warned us about theologizing Greek and Hebrew meanings. This, however, is not what Porter […]
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