2009 April | punctuated life

Biblical Studies Carnival 41

James McGrath hosts April’s Biblical Studies Carnival (#41). He does a brilliant job!

It’s All Judas’ Fault (Tutta Colpa Di Giuda)

Matt Page makes mention of a Italian film about a passion play production in prison: Tutta Colpa Di Giuda (It’s All Judas’ Fault). Having recently seen Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell, it is interesting to see another Jesus film set in the genre of a passion play production. One of the obvious unique feature of this film is [...]

return of vinyl

Vinyl is making a comeback! The future looks good.
From L.A. Times: “In a digital age, vinyl albums are making a comeback”:
… The return of the scruffy neighborhood record shop is as unexpected as the revival of vinyl. After CDs first hit the U.S. market in 1983, LPs were deemed largely obsolete. Later, consumers’ shift to [...]

welcome Savine!

On Friday, April 24, 2009 at 5:15pm my wife gave birth to our new daughter, Savine.

See here for some more photos of her.

Gibson’s Passion as a Horror Film

Tonight in my course “Jesus in Gospel and Film” we will be finally discussing Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. And of course I will be contrasting scenes of Gibson’s Passion with relevant ones from Gibson’s Braveheart. There have been many criticisms against the amount of violence in the film. Some critics have likened [...]

on Christian architecture

Yesterday I attended a conference which was held at a large church building in Orange County, California. Everything about the property – architecture, landscape (there is a pond!), parking lot/structure – was grand, magnificent, and opulent in comparison to your average church. It was like a new business/conference building development with the feel of a Disneyland [...]

happy World Book and Copyright Day!!!

By celebrating World Book and Copyright Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.

23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also [...]

Stuff White People Like: #125 Bob Marley

#125 (Bob Marley). Good one. I am surprised it didn’t appear earlier on the list.
During the course of a white person’s education they will go through many phases including but not limited to: “awkward,” “classic rock,” and “being really into a foreign country.” Of these phases, there is only one that all [...]

Devil’s Bible (Codex Gigas)

[Update:] The next airing of the special on the National Geographic channel is Sun., July 5, at 9pm.
Looking at the recordings in my DVR, I realize that I have a backup of recordings that I have not had the chance to view. Especially with Easter season, I have a number of documentaries on Jesus. One [...]

Gorman: Spirituality of Revelation

Michael J. Gorman has one further post on Revelation: “The Spirituality of Revelation.” It’s worth a read.
Here are his last two paragraphs:

The last word would simply be Follow. Follow the Lamb. Follow him out of empire but also, paradoxically, into empire: into the dark corners of empire, into those places where the vision of God and [...]

Gorman on “Left Behind” and Revelation

Since I am currently reviewing (well I should be) a book on the cultural reception of Revelation, and will be teaching a course next quarter that partly covers Revelation, I found Michael J. Gorman’s two recent posts of interest:
1) “Why the ‘Left Behind’ series should be left behind”
here are some notable problems he points out:
– It [...]

Andrew D. Clarke’s new article

A new article by my doctoral supervisor, Andrew D. Clarke (University of Aberdeen), in the latest issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament. [You need to have access to the publisher's website to view the full article.]
`Do not Judge who is Worthy and Unworthy’: Clement’s Warning not to Speculate about the [...]

Oxford’s Biblical Studies Online

(HT: Jim West)
Oxford’s Biblical Studies Online (www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com) has been launched. It is Oxford’s latest comprehensive online resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history.
Oxford Biblical Studies Online provides a comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history. The integration of authoritative scholarly texts and reference works with tools that provide ease [...]

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