Jonathan Robinson has posted his “Mad as a March Hare” version of the Biblical studies carnival at ξἐνος. He has hosted twice before, 2012 April Fools and 2010 Oktoberfest, but this is his best work yet.
Jonathan’s carnival is so large he had to post it in five parts (and kudos for avoiding calling it a Pentateuch). The Old Testament is here, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha here, the Paul and the rest of the New Testament are here (I guess that tells us something about Jonathan’s scholarly interests, even if the section is entitled “Short Sighted Charismatic Cult Leader from Tarsus”) and “all the rest” here. “All the rest” includes a recap of “David Congdon’s One Man Twitter Tsunami” (which may have led to a few unfollows) as well as a section on Politics and the Bible.
Jonathan offers this encouragement to Biblioblog readers:
Many Biblioblogs have fallen silent in recent years, many links that used to live are now dead. Others have abandoned the purity of blogging to tweet incessantly and attempt to encapsulate complex thoughts in 140 characters. Is this any way to live? All is not lost however, new blogs frequently spring up from the ashes of the old, look out for new comers here and make sure you welcome them warmly, but don’t be creepy. I also note the rise of the institutional multi author blog, great to see the scholarship getting out there, but wonder about the interaction. Leave a comment, seriously, it could be the difference between life and death . . . for that blog.
I wholeheartedly agree. Let your local hand-crafted small batch Biblioblogger know you are still reading and enjoy their work.
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The next few carnivals will be hosted by:
- April 2017 (Due May 1) – Joshua Gillies, Theologians, Inc. , @Whitefrozen
- May 2017 (Due June 1) – Jeff Carter, ThatJeffCarter Was Here, @thatjeffcarter
- June 2017 (Due July 1) – Cassandra Farrin, Ethics and Early Christianity
- July 2017 (Due August 1) – Reuben Rus, Ayuda Ministerial/Resources for Ministry
- August 2017 (Due September 1) – Jason Gardner, eis doxan
- October 2017 (November 1) –
- November 2017 (December 1) – Jim West, @drjewest
- December 2017 (January 1) – Jennifer Guo, @jenniferguo
I have included a link to the site hosting as well as a twitter account so you can nominate posts during the month by sending them directly to the host. If you do not have a twitter account, contact the host via their blog. I would love to get a volunteer for October 2017, and if you are along range planner, you could volunteer for 2018. Please email me (plong42 at gmail.com) or direct message on Twitter (@plong42). You can also leave a comment here with your contact info and I will get back to you.
Reblogged this on Zwinglius Redivivus and commented:
Take a look. I suppose.