New Articles and Reviews at TC
Just out: the first articles and reviews of TC vol. 16.No less than three articles and five reviews, actually, with more to come.It took us some time to get things going, but it seems to work all...
View ArticleTwo more reviews in TC
TC 16 (2011) just published two more reviews, over the five published a few weeks ago:Daniel Marguerat, Reception of Paulinism in Acts / Réception du paulinisme dans les Actes des Apôtres (Régis...
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Wettstein's Novum Testamentum Graecum online
Last week I discovered that the Philipps Universität Marburg has put Johann Jakob Wettstein's famous Novum Testamentum Graecum (Amsterdam, 1751-1752) online, apparently last year already.The first...
View ArticleSee you in Athens?
If you happen to be around, don't miss it:26 Οκτωβρίου, 7.00 μ.μ.Διάλεξη του Δρ. Jan Krans (Πανεπιστήμιο Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), "Erasmus’ New Testament (1516) and the Revival of Greek Learning...
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Zur Kultur einer Religionsgeschichte
Deliberations for future projects ...From October 4-7 took place in Halle the conference titled “Zur Kultur einer Religionsgeschichte”. The international meeting was organized by Manfred Lang of the...
View ArticleErasmus, Opera Omnia, Amsterdam edition
In November 2009, I posted on the older Basel and Leiden editions of Erasmus’ Opera Omnia.As I recently found out, most volumes of the vast and ongoing project of the Amsterdam edition are now online...
View ArticleSBL International, Amsterdam 2012: papers accepted
Members of our research group will present some important papers at the coming SBL International meeting in Amsterdam, in July.Silvia Castelli will present on Wettstein’s Greek New Testament:Beyond the...
View ArticleBowyer's 1763 Collection of NT Conjectures
It took some time, but now, thanks to the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum, the first edition of William Bowyer’s collection of New Testament conjectures is available online (or here). It is part of...
View ArticleRBL Reviews of MC de Boer's Galatians Commentary
Dear all,See http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8373 for two recent reviews of our esteemed colleague's commentary on Galatians. [To avoid a possible conflict of loyalty between my...
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Working on a different (floor) level
At VU University, the Faculties of Theology and Philosophy have moved, and introduced flexible workspaces. It will take some time to get used to, I guess.Anyway, we are back at work; here in a room...
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The Text of the New Testament Today (Baarda Aland Symposium)
Yesterday (October 16, 2012), we had an exciting symposium here in Amsterdam, entitled The Text of the New Testament Today. It was a symposium in honour of Prof. em. Tjitze Baarda on the occasion of...
View ArticleSBLGNT in TC
In TC 17 (2012), we just published our second panel review of this year. This time, it concerns contributions made by Michael Holmes, David Parker, Harold Attridge, and Klaus Wachtel, during the 2011...
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Reflections of an Annual Meeting novice
Looking back at SBL Chicago 2012. My first Annual Meeting, my first time in the USA. What did I learn?1) That it is not a problem if a hotel makes a reservation mistake, as long as there are suites on...
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SBL-AAR 2012 (Chicago) – Reaction of a Recidivist
Last week I visited my 12th Annual Meeting of SBL. As usual, it was a huge conference, with more than 10,000 scholars attending. The venue, McCormick Place, is probably the largest convention center of...
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Beza’s New Testament editions online
When I wrote my dissertation, I had to go to university libraries in the Netherlands to consult Beza’s five maior New Testament editions. Nowadays, most of his editions can be found online, and some...
View ArticleSloppy Scholarship?
The Dutch academic world is still in shock over the immense fraud by Diederik Stapel. One week ago, the term “slodderwetenschap” was introduced to the Dutch language as translation of “sloppy science”....
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Plagiarism in 1880
Those old German journals can be fascinating, once you are used to the language and the script. What about this one:Source: Literarisches Centralblatt für Deutschland 32 (1881), cols. 811-812 (via GB;...
View ArticleSBL International Meeting
Today was to be the last day for paper proposals for the upcoming Meeting of SBL International, to be held in St. Andrews (July 7-11, 2013), but I just received notice that the deadline has been...
View ArticleJesus Traditions and the Construction of Masculinities in World Christianity
"Jesus traditions" have an afterlife as well. This also applies to the use of Jesus tradition in the construction of (ideal) masculinities around the globe. With Dr. Adriaan van Klinken (Leeds...
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Paul, John, and Apocalypic Eschatology
Last Friday (February 15th, 2013), our Professor of New Testament Studies, Martin de Boer, retired from his academic duties. We, as his colleagues, took up the good academic tradition of offering him a...
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