tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post113488864237903870..comments2024-02-02T06:15:27.813+10:30Comments on the new ussr [illustrated]: Testament: a few remarks, mostly preliminaryStewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08994304766961822770noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post-1135237413912755712005-12-22T18:13:00.000+10:302005-12-22T18:13:00.000+10:30This is a good thing to have done. I am a priest a...This is a good thing to have done. I am a priest and I constantly encourage people to read the bible. <BR/>But from my point of view there is mnore opportunity here since we Christians believe that intersecting with God's story through this book is an ooprtunity to be cauight up in the story ourselves.<BR/>This may mean that it is worth taking it slow as well as fast.<BR/>Which is a great Christian tradition. To just pay attention to its smallness as well as its bigness.<BR/>The message of Christmas really.Stephan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194782441138561354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post-1135125639288316302005-12-21T11:10:00.000+10:302005-12-21T11:10:00.000+10:30Thanks for the very useful links, especially the c...Thanks for the very useful links, especially the clearing house site, which opens up lots of avenues.<BR/><BR/>The Skeptics Annotated is certainly a joke, but I quite like jokes. I also happen to think that Christianity’s a joke, only far less funny. I prefer to describe myself as a skeptic, if only to dodge the boring atheist/agnostic distinction/argument. I think you might be surprised at the depth of my disdain for the religious turn – though no doubt some religions are more worthy of disdain than others. My heroes have generally been the skeptics – Socrates (without the twist of Plato), Hume, Diderot, Schopenhauer among others.Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08994304766961822770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913545.post-1134945452409120912005-12-19T09:07:00.000+10:302005-12-19T09:07:00.000+10:30Congratulations! Even though you did not read the ...Congratulations! Even though you did not read the Bible you probably read more of it than many Christians manage in a lifetime!<BR/><BR/>On the gospels...yes John is different as they all are - even the synoptics. The important thing to remember is that they are not strict chronological accounts. Each of the four authors selected their material and edited and arranged them to suit their intended audience and purpose. Having said that, John's gospel, while more 'theological' in emphasis is probably the most chronologically arranged and does give the view of a three year public ministry while Mark say, gives a different impression. <BR/><BR/>The Skeptics Annotated Bible is a bit of a joke IMHO.<BR/><BR/>There are a number of bibliobloggers -mostly men, few women - who are academics pr undertaking PhDs in the field of 'Biblical studies' or related fields who post interesting stuff from time to time (some just post personal blog stuff). Mostly UK (big Sheffield Uni camp online) and US, couple of Aussies. Not necessarily believers (some are) much less believers in the historicity of the biblical accounts. A few with specialities in the gospels/historical Jesus research. Including the fairly prolific Ben Witherington, a few Greek and Hebrew scholars etc. A couple of them are setting up a clearing house site <A HREF="http://www.biblioblogs.com/news.cfm" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://bibledudes.com/" REL="nofollow">BibleDudes</A> has a fun intro to Biblical Studies- yep the two guys behind this site are professors.<BR/><BR/>Look forward to your reflections on the OT.<BR/><BR/>-- saintAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com