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Sadly (mis)lead. Saying farewell to the codices

There continues to be discussion in the blogosphere about the lead codices which ‘could be Jesus’ diaries’—but informed comment is all heading in one direction.

Peter Thonemann has confirmed the account of his discussions with the Elkingtons. Thonemann sums up his judgement neatly:

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April 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Biblical Studies | 8 comments

Swinging the lead: codices are fake

Note: a follow-up comment to this post can be found here.

Last week the BBC reported on an apparent struggle by Jordan to gain return of small books with pages of lead. Robert Pigott’s article claimed

They could be the earliest Christian writing in existence, surviving almost 2,000 years in a Jordanian cave. [...]

April 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Biblical Studies, Life & Ministry | 23 comments

Gender in Genesis part (ii)

I am in the process of writing a Grove Biblical booklet with the title ‘Women and authority: key biblical texts’ which aims to explore all the key texts in 28 pages! Due out later this month. I am aiming to cover Gen 1, 2 and 3, Luke 24, John 20, Acts 18, Romans 16, 1 Cor 11, 1 [...]

March 11th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Biblical Studies, Life & Ministry, Women and authority | 2 comments

Genesis and Gender part (i)

I am in the process of writing a Grove Biblical booklet with the title ‘Women and authority: key biblical texts’ which aims to explore all the key texts in 28 pages! Due out later this month. I am aiming to cover Gen 1, 2, 3, Luke 24, John 20, Acts 18, Romans 16, 1 Cor [...]

March 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Biblical Studies, Women and authority | 10 comments

Who do you think you are: Genesis

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible, one a week, during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book, to give a one-and-a-half minute summary, to hear a human [...]

January 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Life & Ministry, The Bible on Local Radio | Leave a comment