Here’s an opportunity. Interested in reading the draft of my book on the Apocalypse of John (tentatively titled: Expecting Armageddon)? I’m giving people the chance to do it as a fundraising effort for the blog. As most of you probably know, I’m now finishing up the book. I’ve been working on it for about three years and as of yesterday have all the chapters drafted. The first half of the book deals with how the book of Revelation is typically read. Most people don’t read it, of course: too weird or scary! Those who do read it almost always suppose that it is talking about what will happen soon in our own future. I will be arguing that this view is absolutely wrong and sometimes (literally) disastrous. Read by Petra Ortiz
Several people have recently asked (in reference to that pop quiz I gave to my class this semester) whether it is in fact right...
Bart argues that understanding what the Gospels really are is not the same as trashing them. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Creation Stories of the Ancient World Read by Ken Teutsch