This is a review of the new commentary on Paul’s letter to the Galatians by Dr Shabbir Akhtar of Oxford University. As far as I am aware no Muslim has ever written a commentary on any of Paul’s letters. I… Read More ›
New Testament scholarship
Paul expected to be alive when Christ returns
The prestigious The Pauline Epistles (Oxford Bible Commentary) published by Oxford University Press is clear that Paul expects to be alive when Christ returns. What is the evidence for this? Here is an example from 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 : What I am saying, brothers and… Read More ›
Mark’s embarrassing verse about Jesus that Matthew felt he had to change
The prestigious Oxford Bible Commentary on the Gospels (published by Oxford University Press) is clear that the author of Matthew’s gospel deliberately changed the words of Jesus in the earlier gospel of Mark because they were “embarrassing” to him. Why were… Read More ›
The Quran’s role in sorting out the Bible’s fact from its fiction.
Here at Blogging Theology we like to keep abreast of the best current biblical scholarship created by top scholars in the field. This post is about one such work by Rev Professor John Drane. He is a theologian who is probably… Read More ›
Peter, do you think the historical Jesus uttered the I am sayings in John?
Currently I am having a discussion with Dr Peter J. Williams, Principal of Tyndale House, Cambridge on twitter. He is a leading evangelical Biblical scholar. I am waiting for his latest reply. The overwhelming scholarly consensus is that the historical… Read More ›
A new work on Paul’s understanding of Jesus within Judaism draws some surprising conclusions
Historian Dr Paula Fredriksen argues that the New Testament texts have often been read as antagonistic to Jews and Judaism due to the long history of Christian anti-Judaism. Paul too has been misread. Her conviction is that the Paul of… Read More ›
The New Testament: Book by Book
Professor Bart Ehrman says he gives: ‘a very, very brief description of each book of the New Testament, the kind of thing you can say without taking another breath. It seems like this might be useful for anyone who just… Read More ›
