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Witherington on Matthew Part 1

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

I’ve decided I’m going to blog in response to and on reflection of Ben Witherington’s new Matthew commentary. It isn’t an overly technical or critical of a commentary therefore I think both reading it, and reading my thoughts will be insightful to more then just ‘scholars’ or pseudo-scholars like myself.
I’m hoping the blogging of my […]

Crucifixion Medical Study Followup

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Matthew Maslen, one of the authors a study called “Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion” commented on my earlier post about the study. After re-reading my comments I realize I came off a bit hard on his cohort Dr. Mitchell — when really my annoyance was mostly centered on the press […]

The Gospels and Biographies of Abraham Lincoln

Monday, January 16th, 2006

This isn’t a perfect anecdote, but I’ll share it none the less.
I’ve read a number of Biographies on Abraham Lincoln, the earliest from the late 1800s down to about 2004. It’s not always the case, but if I took four common examples, lined them up on my bookshelf in chronological order you’d notice something […]