It is March 1, and Jacob Prahlow has posted the Biblical Studies Carnival for February 2017 (number 132 for those who want to collect them all). Jacob has curated an excellent collection of links for this month so be sure to read his Carnival and visit the posts which interest you. Anyone who has bemoaned the death of biblioblogging needs to look over the blogs included in this carnival. There are many excellent posts on a wide variety of topics.
Since the SBL MidWest regional meeting had several sessions on Hebrews, I expected Brian Small to include some of these in his Hebrews Highlights at POLUMEROS KAI POLUTROPOS. If Brian adds any updates I will edit this with a link.
Since Jacob referred to me as “the Godfather of Biblical Studies Carnivals,” let me clarify my completely unofficial role in this process. The idea of a “carnival” seems to have originated among sociology or psychology bloggers. There is a monthly History Carnival, for example. The very first Biblioblog Carnival was hosted by Joel Ng in April of 2005 at Ebla Logs, another blog that has closed. Tyler Williams was the keeper of the Carnival List until at least 2009, here is a list of carnivals at least to December 2009. He also has an excellent description of what a Carnival ought to look like. Peter Kirby used to keep a complete list on his Biblioblog Top 50, another blog which has ceased to exist (or is now private).
The previous “keeper of the list” was Jim Linville, professor at University of Lethbridge who blogged at Dr. Jim’s Thinking Shop. Sometime in the summer of 2012 Jim decided to limit his blogging (and the Thinking Shop seems to have disappeared). He asked for a volunteer to cajole people to volunteer to host carnivals, and I appear to be the only fool who showed an interest. I have enjoyed my run as keeper and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
I am always looking for hosts for future carnivals, so please considered volunteering as a host. If you you have hosted in the past, feel free to volunteer again. Carnivals are a great way to attract attention to your site if you are new blogger, but more importantly it gives you a chance to highlight the best and the brightest in the world of bibliblogs. Contact me via email (plong42@gmail.com), DM on twitter (@plong42) or a comment on this post and I can contact you.
The upcoming schedule for Carnivals is as follows:
- March 2017 (posted April 1) – Jonathan Robinson, ξἐνοςApril 2017 (posted May 1) – Joshua Gillies @Whitefrozen, Theologians, Inc.
- May 2017 (posted June 1) – Jeff Carter, @thatjeffcarter at That Jeff Carter Was Here
- June 2017 (posted July 1) – Cassandra Farrin, Ethics and Early Christianity
- July 2017 (posted August 1) – Reuben Rus from Ayuda Ministerial/Resources for Ministry
- August 2017 (posted September 1) – Jason Gardner, eis doxan
- September 2017 (posted October 1) –
- October 2017 (posted November 1)
- November 2017 (posted December 1) – Jim West, @drjewest, Zwingli Redivivus
- December 2017 (posted January 1, 2018), Jennifer Guo, @jenniferguo,
EDIT: Jeff Carter volunteered for May and Jim West for November. I am looking for September and October 2017. If you are into long range planning and want to volunteer for a 2018 date, just let me know.
Finally, I have a FlipBoard Magazine dedicated to biblical studies. You can use the web version or follow me using FlipBoard on your iOS or Android devices. I really enjoy the iPad version of FlipBoard, so check it out. You can always follow me on twitter, @plong42.
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