Jul 01 2006
Biblical Studies Carnival VII
The Seventh Biblical Studies Carnival rolls into Chicago with DailyHebrew.com for the seventh month, July. Drawing upon your submissions, the Carnival highlights the best posts around the biblioblogosphere in the last four weeks.
Biblical Proportions & Numbers
Evangelical Textual Criticism asks what happens if biblical numbers are too large (Responses by P.J. Williams then James Snapp followed by Williams and finally Kevin Edgecomb).
The 666 phenomenon is addressed by Claude Mariottini.
Stephen says that SEVEN is the number for NT Text Criticism.
THREE is as important as three thousand to Kevin Wilson.
Chris Heard challenges Hector Avalos to not just a one, but a TWO round bout (Jim and James also jump into the ring).
and…
ONE missing Field Archeologist.
Archaeology in Pictures
Check out the pictures from the Tell es-Safi/Gath Excavations.
Ancient pottery inscriptions found in Indiana (pictures).
The Tel Gezer Blog is replete with action shots.
Ancient Near East
Duane comments on “How to Recognize a Scribal School” (Part 1 & Part 2).
Hebrew Bible
On the Main Line solves the mystery of the missing nun in the ashrei prayer in Psalm 145; Mississippi Fred weighs the issue of the pim from 1 Samuel 8:21,וְהָיְתָה הַפְּצִירָה פִים. Elsewhere, Justin discusses the Imagines of YHWH in the Psalms and Chris the לדוד superscriptions of the Psalms.
Buddy Boone lampoons the Satire of Jonah and violates Canaanite Malevolence.
The search for Joshua’s Long Day is completed by Dr. Mariottini.
Jeremy asks who is Zadok’s daddy—What Happened to Eleazar’s Line?.
Tyler defines the art and science of “Text Criticism of the Hebrew Bible.”
New Testament
Christianities and Judaisms abound at Euangelion (though Loren lobbies for a change in nomenclature to “Judahism”).
Who is the Savior of Egypt is the topic at Theological Musings.
Theophilos attacks the Hellenistic Jewish conflict over intermarriage from Acts 6.
The Busybody presents a series on NT parables from a peasant’s point of view.
Patristics
“Obey, and confess when you don’t obey” is the summation of the Christian teaching found in the Didache according to Rick Brannan.
Book Reviews/Miscellaneous
Gregory Mobley’s The Empty Men does not include Charles Halton, Kevin Wilson debates Hurvitz concerning the ABCs of P and H, and Chris Spinks endorses A Beginner’s Guide to NT Exegesis by Richard Erickson.
Jim West creates a new word, Flugschriften and a FIRESTORM (with responses from Alastair, James Crossley, Jim again, Tyler Williams, Loren Rosson, Duane Smith, Chris Heard, Rick Sumner, Loren again, Chris Weimer, Chris Heard again, Jim again, and one last time Chris Heard).
Safe travels to all those going to the SBL International Meeting!
The Carnival May Be Coming To Your Town Soon
Kevin Edgecomb will host the Biblical Studies Carnival VIII at Biblicalia in the first week of August 2006. Look for a call for submissions and nominations on his blog soon.
Submissions for the next Biblical Studies Carnival may be emailed to Biblical_Studies_Carnival [AT] hotmail . com or entered via the submission form at the Biblical Studies Carnival Homepage.
Other Biblioblogs may be found at http://www.biblioblogs.com/.
Chip you did a great job. As you earlier pointed out, many are away just now and still you’ve managed to assemble a good series. Well done.
Biblical Studies Carnival VII
The seventh Biblical Studies Carnival is at Daily Hebrew. I hadn’t sent anything to this particular carnival for several months, but I finally managed to have something that I thought was worth submitting, my post on Zadok and Eleazar….
Biblical Studies Carnival VII is up!
Biblical Studies Blog Carnival VII
Biblical Studies Blog Carnival VII is up at Daily Hebrew. Check it out. Lots of interesting stuff this month. In many ways this collection of posts is the most diversified and, in my way of thinking, the most uneven in…
Great job Seor Chip! Let’s hope I don’t screw it all up next month….
Chip, thanks for all your work. I do notice, however, that you linked to a different post than the one I submitted for the Carnival. The one I submitted (as I remember it and according to my email receipt) was http://dcspinks.com/2006/06/01/teaching-exegesis/. It is a better and more complete entry than the one listed in your post. Still, I appreciate your work on this.
Blog Carnival index: Biblical Studies Carnival VII
BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL is now up at DailyHebrew.com!
Chip,
Thank you for your excellent work in selecting the posts for The Seventh Biblical Studies Carnival. The posts you selected are outstanding. I appreciate the selection of one of my posts for inclusion in the list.
Claude Mariottini
Thanks very much for that — greatly appreciated. I’ll blog on this later today.