In my last post I discussed two things that get under my skin in professional contexts, making me blow my top (to mix the metaphor): ignorance posing as expertise (not just in biblical studies but generally) and facile answers, by “experts,” to the biggest personal/philosophical/religious problem people have to face, why there is suffering in the world if there is an all powerful and loving God in charge of it. Read by Petra Ortiz
Bart continues his discussion of the Jewish Sects at the time of Jesus with a look at the Essenes and the "Fourth Philosophy." Read...
Addressing the deceptively simple-sounding question of what is an "original" text... Read by Ken Teutsch.