Category Archives: Historical Criticism

  1. Christopher Hill’s Bible (Part 2): The Radical Bible

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    February 4, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos

    [Part 1 available here. Part 3 available here. Part 4 available here. All Hill posts based on the chapter, ‘Christopher …
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    Category: Bible and English Politics, Historical Criticism, Reception History, Religion and Politics | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  2. Call for Papers: EABS Historical Jesus

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    January 21, 2015 by Harnessing Chaos

    From the forthcoming European Association of Biblical Studies conference in Cordoba (July 12-15th, 2015): ‘Revolution, Peace and Violence: Rethinking Jesus …
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    Category: Christian Origins, European Association of Biblical Studies, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Religion and Politics | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. How ‘Jewish’ is the Christmas story? ‘Fiercely Jewish’!

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    December 23, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    On ABC Religion and Ethics, N.T. Wright has given his annual Christmas address: ‘The Virgin Birth and the Constraints of …
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    Category: Christian Origins, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Synoptic Gospels | Tags: , , , , , ,

  4. Book cover notice: Jesus and the Chaos of History

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    November 13, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    Here is the cover for Jesus and the Chaos of History: Redirecting the Life of the Historical Jesus (OUP, February 2015):   …
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    Category: Christian Origins, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Paul, Religion and Politics | Tags:

  5. BNTC 2014 Manchester

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    September 2, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    This year’s British New Testament Conference is in Manchester. Highlights from the Seminar Groups include: Jesus Jens Schröter Helen K. Bond …
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    Category: Bible and English Politics, British New Testament Conference, Christian Origins, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Reception History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

  6. Rudolf Bultmann, E.P. Sanders, and Curious Legacies

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    August 28, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    Picking up on the evaluation of Bultmann’s legacy on the Jesus Blog and publishing some fragments I could not be …
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    Category: Christian Origins, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Synoptic Gospels | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Goosing Anthony Le Donne

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    August 22, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    Anthony Le Donne, one of the most important advocates of social memory studies in historical Jesus and New Testament studies, …
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    Category: Christian Origins, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, John the Baptist, Synoptic Gospels | Tags: , , ,

  8. Inauthenticity: The Case of John’s Gospel

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    August 21, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    Following on from the ‘criteria of authenticity’ post and writing about the historical Jesus… In recent years the use of …
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    Category: Christian Origins, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, John's Gospel, Synoptic Gospels | Tags: , , , , ,

  9. The ‘Criteria of Authenticity’ and (Not) Writing about the Historical Jesus

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    August 17, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    When writing a book on the historical Jesus, it is required, or so it seems, to include a section on …
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    Category: Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  10. Podcasts from Biblical Studies Online

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    August 11, 2014 by Harnessing Chaos

    Here are the podcasts from Biblical Studies Online currently available for (free) listening or (free) download (iTunes or here): Reception …
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    Category: Audio, Bible and English Politics, Gospels, Historical Criticism, Historical Jesus, Paul, Podcast, Reception History, Religion and Politics | Tags: , , , ,

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