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Evangelical Quarterly 1929-2011 Now On-Line

Evangelical Quarterly Digitisation

Rob Bradshaw at BiblicalStudies.uk.org has been scanning theological journals and other resources for many years, with more than 32,000 articles available for free download. He just added Evangelical Quarterly. As Rob explains on his blog,

The Evangelical Quarterly (1929-present) represents a tremendous resource for Bible students. It contains contributions from the best of 20th Century Evangelical scholarship, including G.W. Bromiley, I. Howard Marshall and F.F. Bruce. This morning I completed the digitisation of the back-issues, a project that I have been working on for over 10 years. Paternoster Publication’s archive of this journal was destroyed in the 1990s, so a complete set of scans has been sent to the current publisher. I would like to acknowledge the assistance of a number of UK Bible College who provided copies for scanning, including Highland Theological College, Wycliffe Hall and Tyndale House.

Just browsing the table of contents, I can see many articles which are valuable for biblical and theological studies. One thing that makes this particularly important is that Evangelical Quarterly does not appear in the ATLA database in full text PDF. I have been occasionally frustrated by finding a pertinent article in EQ then not having access through the ATLA database. This new collection solves that problem.

Most, but not all all of the articles are online in PDF format due to Paternoster’s copyright policy: after one year the copyright reverts to the author, so he must contact each of authors of the 1500+ article individually for permission. If you are copyright holder and have not given your permission, contact Rob so he can add your article to this collection.

I want to thank Rob for making this database available. If you have not used his site, certainly visit it and see what is available. Leave a donation to help keep the servers running.

Biblical Studies Carnival – May 2017

Not really Jeff

Jeff Carter has posted the Biblical Studies Carnival for May at his blog, thatjeffcarterwashere. As he says, “there are thrills and spills and delights around every new corner.” It is indeed a carnival feast for all the senses. He includes several podcasts, lots of images, tweets and even a little fake news. (Unfortunately the headline “Bibleman Set To Appear in Gritty Reboot” is not fake).

Jim West returned to Carnival Form with his “The June Avignonian Carnival of ‘May Biblical Studies End of the Academic Year’ Goodness.” Cassandra Farrin had to drop out for the June Carnival, so Jim will be the official carnival next month. Jim also offers this encouragement to inactive Bibliobloggers: start Posting again.

The next few carnivals will be hosted by:

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, [Edit:  Thanks to Doug Chaplain for stepping in for October.]

If you are a long 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.

If you are not following me on twitter, you should: @plong42

If you use FlipBoard to read blogs, consider following my Biblical Studies magazine. The Web-based version is OK, but Flipboard is an essential app for your iOS device. I use it on my iPad for news and other special interests.

 

Biblical Studies Carnival – March 2017

 

Image result for mad as a march hareJonathan 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.

If you use FlipBoard to read blogs, consider following my Biblical Studies magazine. The Web-based version is OK, but Flipboard is an essential app for your iOS device. I use it on my iPad for news and other special interests.

The next few carnivals will be hosted by:

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.

 

Biblical Studies Carnival 132 – February 2017

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:

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.

Biblical Studies Carnival 131 – January 2017

BiblioBlogger Carnival Barker?

BiblioBlogger Carnival Barker?

Cassandra Farrin hosts the January 2017 Biblical Studies Carnival at her Ethics & Early Christianity Blog hosted by the Westar Institute. In addition to the usual categories, Cassandra has a collection of links to biblioblogs (and others) commenting on Religion, Media & the US Presidential Election. I might have filed this under Apocalyptic and the End of the World, but her category works too.

Brian Small has a few Hebrews Highlights for January 2017 at his Hebrews themed blog, POLUMEROS KAI POLUTROPOS. I noticed Brian is part of a Hebrews group at the upcoming Midwest SBL meetings (now in South Bend, Indiana). I hope to attend these sessions discussing ““What Is Hebrews?”

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:

Obviously I am still looking for volunteers for March – June 2016, and then the rest of the year.

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.