Antiquitopia

If you are a University of Mississippi student and looking around for some courses to take as classes start up on Wednesday (and happened to stumble onto my blog), check out the following, both of which the first class is Thursday, Jan 23: Rel 395: Sacred Road-Tripping: Pilgrimage from Mecca to Memphis Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 3-4:15 p.m. Description: As a practice, pilgrimage stands at many intersections, crisscrossing the complex topographies of a multi-religious world.   It ties together sacred place, sacred time, and myths and legends of heroes, saints, and gods.   As one traverses a landscape, one may try to connect to the past, while providing another link for future travelers.   A pilgrimage may be a religious requirement or an individual quest.   It blurs the line between a religious journey and tourism.   Its destination may be a physical place, but also may be within oneself.   In this class we will explore this multi-fa...

You can now read the newest Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (number 28) online here .  The only problem is that it does not show the critical apparatus on the bottom of each page nor the cross-references in the margins.

I am still in chapter 1 of Bauckham's Jesus and the God of Israel. See my previous remarks on the Introduction and C hapter 1A (monotheism). The second third of chapter 1 is about Christological Monotheism in the NT or Monotheistic Christology. In this section, Bauckham reiterates his (problematic) position that worship (monolatry) is the recognition of unique divine identity, and that there is no blurring of the boundaries with exalted angels or patriarchs, who do not participate in terms of creation or sovereignty—except for the exceptions which prove the rule (Enoch, and all the figures I listed last time like Melchizedek, Adam, Moses (although Bauckham directly denies this) and the anonymous self-enthroned figure from 4Q491c). There is no blurring with wisdom and word because they are already intrinsic in God’s own identity. From here, he moves into the Christology of the New Testament. He forewarns that it is not an exhaustive investigation of NT texts regarding Christol...