Ben the Amateur Exegete posted the Biblical Studies Carnival for August 2022. He sticks to two broad categories, Hebrew Bible/ANE/LXX and New Testament/Early Christianity to make a really nice list of links to top academic posts this month. One of the things I like about the Carnivals is the host curates the posts to their own interests, this month just happens to coincide with my personal interests so I think it is great. Ben introduces his Carnival this way: “The end of summer means that students are heading back to classes and so teachers/professors are in teaching mode.” This is true, August is a flurry of activity for me, getting syllabi prepped and remembering I have to get up in the morning now for classes.
Brian Small added a brief Hebrews Highlights for August 2022. Check out Brian’s blog, he has focused on Hebrews for years and some great resources for studying Hebrews.
I still need a volunteer for September 2022 (Due October 1), November 2022 (Due December 1), and December 2022 (Due January 1). Jim West has October. Or, if you are into long term planning, any month in 2023.
If you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition. And, to quote Jim West, “They are fun to do!”
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer (or fall). Check out the Biblical Studies Carnival Master List at the top of this page to visit past carnivals.
Welcome to the 197th Biblical Studies Carnival for July 2022. July is the slowest time of the year for BiblioBloggers. Academics are well know for taking the whole summer off and doing nothing. Heck, that is why I got into academics in the first place. Even though most BiblioBloggers were sunning themselves on a beach at some swanky resort, a few managed to post some high quality material during in July. Hopefully I did not miss many, feel free to add your post in the comments.
Next month Ben the Amateur Exegete will host the Biblical Studies Carnival, so follow Ben on Twitter, @amateurexegete. I still need a volunteer for September 2022 (Due October 1), November 2022 (Due December 1), and December 2022 (Due January 1). Or, if you are into long term planning, any month in 2023. If you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition. And, to quote Jim West, “They are fun to do!”
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer (or fall). Check out the Biblical Studies Carnival Master List at the top of this page to visit past carnivals.
Pete Enns Ruins Numbers (podcast). Tl;dr There’s lot of wandering in Numbers. I think they should have called it “wandering” instead of Numbers. — @peteenns
Balashon-Hebrew Language Detective investigates Hebrew – Biblical, Talmudic, Medieval and Modern – including slang; related languages like Aramaic, Arabic, Akkadian and Yiddish; and how foreign languages like Greek, Latin and English have entered Hebrew – and how Hebrew has affected those languages as well. For example, in July they posted on the etymology of olar, “pen knife.” I did enjoy the piece on falafel, Fascinating stuff.
Bradley Bowen at Secular Frontier engages Kreeft and Tacelli’s arguments for the divinity of Jesus (basically the classic trilemma from C. S. Lewis). This is a long series of posts, this link drops into the middle of the conversation.
Nijay Gupta asked, “Why Get a Doctor of Ministry?” and “Should I Do a PhD with the Academic Job Market So Bad?” the tl;dr answer, “If you are thinking about doing a PhD, here is my quick and basic advice: (1) Is this a calling? (2) Is your family/community supportive? (3) Do your mentors/teachers affirm that you have the chops and skills for this? (4) Are you willing to risk the money/time? If you’ve “counted the cost,” then I will cheer you on.”
First time host John MacDonald posted the June 2022 Biblical Studies Carnival at The Secular Frontier: Internet Infidels Blog. He included sections on both Old and New Testaments, and in keeping with the theme of his blog, Secularism and The Bible And Current Affairs (Dueling Reactions To SCOTUS Overturning Roe v Wade). John’s carnival is a great example of how each host brings their on interests to their carnival. I would love to see more theology and church history bloggers host a carnival.
Speaking of hosts, I still need a volunteer or July 2022 (Due August 1) and September 2022 (Due October 1). I would love to get those lined up, so if you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival in 2022. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer (or fall). Check out the Biblical Studies Carnival Master List at the top of this page to visit past carnivals.
No one has volunteered for June 2022 (Due July 1) or July 2022 (Due August 1), or September 2022 (Due October 1). I would love to get those lined up, so if you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival in 2022. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer.
What is a Biblical Studies Carnival? In the early days of blogging, people would collect blog posts on a particular topic and call it a carnival. I have no idea why a carnival (as opposed to a yard sale, a circus, or a monthly index… it’s an internet thing). There were psychology carnivals, sociology carnivals, etc. In March 2005, Joel Ng posted the first Biblical Studies Carnival at his now defunct blog, Ebla Logs. But nothing is really dead on the internet. You can still read that first carnival on The Wayback Machine. The first link is to Jim Davila, at PaleoJudaica.com, a remarkable blog still going strong after all these years. I notice the one-time keeper of the Biblioblog Top Fifty list, Peter Kirby (although his blog Christian Origins is now gone). Jim West hosted in November 2006, although that version of his blog no longer exist (as far as I know). Some of the older blogs have (sadly) been taken over by spammers.
Prior to 2012, Jim Linville kept the list of Biblical Studies Carnivals. When Jim retired from this role in August 2012, I volunteered to be the “keeper of the carnival list.” This means I try to draft (harass) people into volunteering to host the Biblical Studies Carnival. I keep a master list of Carnivals with links here on Readng Acts (in the banner, or click here).
Brent Niedergall posted the Biblical Studies Carnival 194 for April 2022. In honor of the international holiday, Star Wars Day (May 4), Brent also provided a bunch of Star Wars themed biblical memes. So head over to Brent’s blog and check it out. Come for the links, stay for the memes.
Bob MacDonald will host Carnival 195 for May 2022 at his blog Dust. He is also on twitter, @drmacdonald. After June, I have no volunteers until October. I would love to get those lined up, so if you have thought about hosting, now is the time to step up and contact me via email, plong42@gmail.com or DM on twitter (plong42) to discuss hosting a summer Biblical Studies carnival in 2022. If you are a new BiblioBlogger, this is a good way to get your blog some recognition. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about hosting a Carnival this summer.
