First World Problems

Face of Jesus? Now the Talpiot Claims are Just Silly.

Mark Goodacre just last night posted up an image of a stain on the side of one of the Ossuaries of the Patio Tomb (Talpiot B).  Here it is: Frankly, I disagree.  I think it is the Colonel, fearless in pose; a prophecy from beyond that he would make some of the most scrumptious chicken [...]

Camera Technology in Ancient Rome: The Surprising Facts Revealed!

Bob Cargill, in his usual way, has informed the Biblioblog community of yet another dilettante making absurd claims by abusing ancient texts and the field of history.  In light of this and recent shows like Ancient Aliens, I have decided to start my own claim: ancient Roman cinematographers. It’s just that easy to misuse our [...]

November Biblical Studies Carnival: The Undead Edition

Ghouls, Friends, and cauldron-stirring colleagues, welcome to the November Biblical Studies Carnival. May you find your stay…frightfully fun… so you may never want to leave! Yes, you guessed it, we are celebrated the month of October in a hauntingly spectacular way. Let us now turn our attention to the Carnival… I’m sure you’re just dying [...]

‘Doing’ History in Light of Memes and Cultural Memory Both Ancient and Modern

A recent article by Paul V.M. Flesher on Bible and Interpretation was posted on cultural memory a few days ago, and it was while I was in the process of writing this post, so I thought I might incorporate it into this discussion.  Here is a snippet and a relevant definition of ‘cultural memory’ and [...]

Beards, Scholarship, and Trustworthiness

Listening to the radio this morning (93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, the Preston and Steve Show!), they were talking about the trustworthiness of men with beards verses men who are clean-shaven.  The study is not new, though; it is from a year ago.  According to the study found in the Journal of Marketing Communications: The study showed [...]

Bibliobloggers and Lead Codices

It seems all this commotion over these lead codices has taken its toll on the Biblioblogging community.  Everyone has snapped. “It was…it was just too much..” James McGrath spoke to me yesterday, his tone held a mixture of depression and apathy. “I don’t think I can even muster up a good joke about mythicists…” Joel [...]

How is it…

…that I keep beating Bob Cargill, Roland Boer, and Mark Goodacre in the rankings? 18 Thomas Verenna Musings of Thomas Verenna, The 267240 19 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 302159 20 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 308017 21 Craig Simul Iustus et Peccator 332400 22 Daniel O. McClellan Maklelan 332623 23 Ferrell [...]

The Most Embarrassing Book You Own

H/T to Jim West for haranguing me into this meme, but apparently the honor of this meme goes to Mark Stevens (so we should all send our thanks to him for starting this debauchery into dilettantism).  For me, the most embarrassing book I own is this: It has a full complement of endnotes (11 or [...]

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