the problem with P-52 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:24 PM

I have a cousin named Miriam. She has had a distinctive handwriting for as long as I can remember. It's the prettiest writing I have e...

Codex Sinaiticus manuscript digitized and online

Posted by Quixie at 2:49 PM

It's rare that one gets to look at a fourth century Bible manuscript . Way cool.

self-identity #5

Posted by Quixie at 11:56 AM

In a previous post I highlighted the contemporary "Jews for Jesus" practice of interpreting the Hebrew scriptures through Christia...

through a glass slyly . . .

Posted by Quixie at 11:02 AM

Religious self-identity #4 I remember hearing the phrase “ Jews for Jesus ” long before I actually met my first one. She handed me one of t...

transplant thread (mythicism) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:40 AM

This post started out as a response to a post in Answers in Genesis Busted . It got too long for a comment and I didn't want to clutter ...

self-identity surveys . . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:40 PM

That a continuity between Judaism and Christianity can be historically traced to some degree is an appropriate, valid assumption to make, gi...

on religious self-identity #2 ...

Posted by Quixie at 9:06 PM

I've been reading, trying to wrestle with questions that deal with the religious self-identity of Jews and early Christians in the firs...

discovering Heschel . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:12 PM

Recent listening: Bill Laswell — Baselines Bill Laswell — Hear No Evil Caetano Veloso — Fina Estampa Djivan Gasparyan — Duduk Music from...

test driving the Gematriculator ™. . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:41 PM

I found the gadget at N.T Wrong's blog and tested this blog . The results: Wow! I'm only 29% evil? Cool! Not bad for a heathen, eh? ...

historicity and faith ...

Posted by Quixie at 1:40 PM

I've been monitoring a few discussions about historicity (that of Jesus among other things) and have been meditating on a few things tha...

PBS documentary on historical Jesus ...

Posted by Quixie at 4:16 AM

PBS recently finally made its Frontline episode From Jesus to Christ available for streamed viewing on their website. It's a four hour...

Open question for NT scholars #2 ...

Posted by Quixie at 10:12 AM

The passion narratives contain a little detail which I'd like to focus on: the high priest tears his own garments upon hearing Jesus bla...

Open Question for NT Scholars #1

Posted by Quixie at 11:45 AM

I'm going to start a new feature on this blog, in which I will ask some of the questions that are the most problematic for me as a stude...

Paul and the pastorals . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:16 PM

Over at Debunking Christianity I was surprised to find someone actually defending Pauline authorship for the pastorals. Curiously, the argu...

weird Jesuses #3 ...

Posted by Quixie at 11:56 AM

Here's a primitive woodcut: The Way to Emmaus.

Quote of the day - Philip Davies

Posted by Quixie at 2:41 PM

" Can biblical scholars persuade others that they conduct a legitimate academic discipline? Until they do, can they convince anyone tha...

weird Jesuses #1

Posted by Quixie at 1:45 PM

In my studies, I sometimes encounter visual representations of Jesus or of people related to the Christian scriptures that fall outside of t...

quote of the day

Posted by Quixie at 9:31 PM

(for those who insist that only an "expert" can comment on Christian origins): "[...] in the absence of further historical ev...

Ancient NearEast treehuggers?

Posted by Quixie at 1:43 PM

When Abraham wanted a a family burial plot, he purchased the field of Ephron. The account in Genesis contains an interesting stipulation tha...

Who published the New Testament?

Posted by Quixie at 10:58 AM

William Arnal over at the Christian Origins group called my attention to a couple of articles from the current issue of Free Inquir y magaz...