Jacob Prahlow hosts the Biblical Studies Carnival #214 for January 2024 at Pursuing Veritas. Jacob is the founder and editor of The Conciliar Post and has been blogging for many years. His carnival starts with a re-telling of Lord of the Rings…with slightly messianic overtones. The first time I met Jacob (in real life) was at a Midwest ETS at Moody in Chicago. He was giving a paper in Clement of Rome (I think I recall that right). I had a student interested in Clement at the time, so he and I showed up for Jacob’s paper, and we were the only two who came. When we walked into the room, Jacob was sitting there by himself, looking so very sad and lonely. But it was a good paper; my student used some of it in a class he was working on for me.
Jacob has a fine collection of links to academic blog posts in January. Head over to Pursuing Veritas and click all the links.
Ben, the Amateur Exegete, will host the February carnival. Feel free to send him some suggestions at Twitter or X (whatever it is called these days) – @amateurexegete
I am always looking for volunteers to host upcoming Biblical Studies carnivals on your website. People are doing really good work on podcasts and YouTube. It would be great if someone did a carnival featuring some of the best academic podcasts. What does a Carnival look like? Jacob’s current carnival is a great example, and here is the November 2023 Carnival. Contact me (email, plong42 @ gmail.com). You can follow me on Twitter (or whatever it is called these days), @plong42. I am on threads with the same name, but it is really quiet there.
Thanks for the opportunity to host again, Phil! And you are correct in remembering our first person interaction. I am forever grateful that I didn’t have to read my paper to an empty room! JJP