Copyright (c) 2008 http://www.bible.org/ EN Bible.org's Blog Feed Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:20:01 -0500 A certain part of the world is all a twitter about actress Helen Mirren wearing a red bikini. An attractive famous sixty three year old woman in a bikini can be interesting, I clicked on the daily news site to behold this wonder. Yes, there she was, she looked pretty good, then I saw other pictures of her in a Magazine, I went there, then I noticed some video ofher sans bikini, then it morphed into an outright porn site, I caught myself and stopped. I marveled at how fast I was at a porn site, it was scary. I am sixty-two and I must confess have seen a lot of naked women, but something physical, mental, and emotional was powerfully at work in me to keep me interested. read more... http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/thin-veil http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/thin-veil Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:21:12 -0500 The study of antiquities is fascinating business, but it can be quite dangerous because the contemporary scholarly impetus is to fill in the gaps, often with purely hypothetical conclusions, when a wiser path would be to discuss options and then acknowledge that the present state of our knowledge is limited. Scholars tend to say more than can be definitively shown, when a more prudent path would be to present data and be conservative in conclusions.read more... http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/location%2C-location%2C-location%21 http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/location%2C-location%2C-location%21 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:12:50 -0500 There is an ever increasing body of writing on the subject of Spiritual Disciplines. I have contributed to the pile of new books on the subject with Choose The Life, Exploring a faith that embraces discipleship and with, [pardon the title] The Complete Book of Discipleship. This writing encourages readers to intentionally choose to follow Jesus, and part of that means engaging in the same practices he modeled. For example, prayer, fasting, silence, solitude, frugality, worship, service, and sacrifice. Practicing the intentional ones or voluntary disciplines are like preventive health care, there is not a lot of buzz about it, because it helps us avoid a lot of life's negative experience that comes from bad habits and attitudes. read more... http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/spiritual-disciplines%2C-non-voluntary-type http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/spiritual-disciplines%2C-non-voluntary-type Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:33:22 -0500 As I noted, I am in Taiwan. One of the fun things about traveling as I do is that you meet people who are appreciative of things you have done in ways you never anticipated. So today I had lunch with Fisher Yu. read more... http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/409 http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/409 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:25:03 -0500 As I noted, I am in Taiwan. One of the fun things about traveling as I do is that you meet people who are appreciative of things you have done in ways you never anticipated. So today I had lunch with Fisher Yu. read more... http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/409 http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/409 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:25:03 -0500 No need to read down this entry. I am in Taiwan, but new postings on the supposed Resurrection text from the newly announced "Stone Dead Sea Scroll" are detailed on primetimejesus.com. There are multiple entires on it there.... http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/408 http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/408 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:23:53 -0500 I am writing from Taiwan, but I am not immune to the news about the new Stone "Dead Sea Scroll". read more... http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/more-observations-stone-dead-sea-scroll-text-july-8%2C-2008-%28-taiwan%29 http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/more-observations-stone-dead-sea-scroll-text-july-8%2C-2008-%28-taiwan%29 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:08:21 -0500 Go to http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/07/1184950.aspx and click on the links to the Hebrew and English texts of the new stone causing the stir about possibly referring to the concept of a resurrected Messiah before the time of Jesus.  Look at lines 78-85, which must be what Israel Knohl is referring to.  Notice what's actually in the text vs. what he has to supply.  The text itself, reads merely : read more... http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/what%2526%2523039%3Bs-really-new-%2526quot%3Bdead-sea-stone%2526quot%3B%3F http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/what%2526%2523039%3Bs-really-new-%2526quot%3Bdead-sea-stone%2526quot%3B%3F Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:37:12 -0500 Some of you may have noticed, but out of Jerusalem there is coming news of an upcoming Dead Sea Scroll meeting, the 60th anniversary meeting. The headliner of this event is the discussion, by Israel Knohl (an adventurous sort), of a stone tablet. Knohl claims the text, as he reconstructs it, could indicate a pre-Jesus Jewish belief in a messiah's resurrection on the 3d day. The messiah is a so called Simon. Much ink will be spillt on this one; keep your eyes open.... http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/and-raised-3d-day%3F http://blog.bible.org/primetimejesus/content/and-raised-3d-day%3F Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:19:55 -0500 I just hit the send button on my dissertation. It is going to the editor who originally reviewed it. If the revisions meet with his approval, it will have final acceptance for publication. If not . . . well, let's just hope for a positive outcome!... http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/update-dissertation http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/update-dissertation Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:19:08 -0500 Richard Foster made the keen observation that " The modern hero is the poor boy who purposefully becomes rich rather than the rich boy who voluntarily becomes poor." Isn't interesting how we try to recuse ourselves from the story of Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler? read more... http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/rags-riches-or-riches-rags%3F http://blog.bible.org/hull/content/rags-riches-or-riches-rags%3F Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:18:59 -0500 Just a short note for now to say I start teaching at a Bible Seminar in Hong Kong today. I will be here much of the week. Then I go to Taiwan and Myanmar. I will have more later. read more... http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/406 http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/406 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:12:38 -0500 Just a short note for now to say I start teaching at a Bible Seminar in Hong Kong today. I will be here much of the week. Then I go to Taiwan and Myanmar. I will have more later. read more... http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/406 http://blog.bible.org/bock/node/406 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:12:38 -0500 This week I am devoting my time to finishing work on my dissertation for publication. A publisher had accepted it pending various revisions in 2006. So now I am in the home stretch and hope to ship it off to them by the end of this week. read more... http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/final-work-dissertation http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/final-work-dissertation Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:48:09 -0500 This is a picture of our group at work in Jerusalem. We hail from a number of different institutions. It has been a real honor to work with these scholars. Starting front left then going clockwise: Michael WIlkins, Craig Evans, Brent Kinman, Rikk Watts, yours truly, Darrell Bock, Klyne Snodgrass, Grant Osborne, Bob Webb Plans are in the works for a second iteration of this group, as this was our last year together.... http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/ibr-jesus-group http://blog.bible.org/burer/content/ibr-jesus-group Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:26:04 -0500