Michael Patrick Barber
@michaelpbarber.bsky.social
Author of THE HISTORICAL JESUS AND THE TEMPLE (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Professor, Augustine Institute. Pic: Sea of Galilee. (Follow/RT≠endorsement)
Was Jesus an Essene? Did he reject the validity of the temple? I tackle those questions in my latest video in which I respond to claims made by another content creator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATQk...
Was Jesus an Essene?
YouTube video by Michael Patrick Barber
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Happy feast day of the Conversion of St Paul!
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My friend David Sloan just won the internet today on Facebook.
I have written a brief post on the results of the 2024 Survey of Paul Scholars. thesacredpage.com/2024/12/13/t...
The 2024 Survey of Pauline Scholars
Bruce Longenecker has published the results of a survey of Pauline scholars taken this year regarding opinions of the “authorship” of the Pauline epistles. The results are interesting. …
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Here is a brief video I made on the history of St Nicholas. How was he remembered? Did he really assault Arius? (No!) How did he get associated with gift-giving? And how did he become Santa Claus? For more, see my book, The True Meaning of Christmas. youtu.be/SUUsJpXnvm8?...
St. Nicholas and Santa Claus | Christmas Traditions
YouTube video by Augustine Institute | The Catholic Faith Explained
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One major SBL highlight this year—watching @jasonstaples.bsky.social introduce @davidaburnett.bsky.social (who gave a great response to a paper) with walk up music: Never Gonna Give You Up. #SBLAAR2024 Apparently, videos don’t work on this site so I’ll just leave this photo of David’s reaction.
Listening to Sam Johnson, “Assumption of Moses, Assumption of Mary: A Shared Tradition?” #SBLAAR2024
At the first Paul within Judaism session. Listening to Paula Fredriksen on 1 Cor 9:19-22. What does it mean to be “under the law”? #SBLAAR24
Listening to Christopher Stroup, “Questions about Your Own Law” (Acts 18:15): Paul and the Jewishness of Christians in the Acts of the Apostles #SBLAAR2024
Listening to Judith Gundry: Give No Offense to Jews, Greeks, and God’s Assembly: 1 Cor 8-10 in Paul’s Defense of Monotheism among Pagans and Jews in the Diaspora #SBLAAR2024
Listening to Stephen Chester, “Paul and the History of Conversion: Trajectories within and Beyond Judaism” #SBLAAR2024
At the Enoch Seminar’s event reviewing Paula Fredriksen’s new book, Ancient Christianities. Been looking forward to this. She begins by saying the key ideas for her book are: “monotheism” (problematic for her!) ethnicity, apocalyptic eschatology, and imperial power #SBLAAR2024
“Perhaps we finally did away with God indirectly, by exterminating silence.”—Dale C. Allison, Jr., The Luminous Dusk: Finding God in Deep, Still Places (Eerdmans, 2006), 38.
The new ICC Galatians Commentary by Christopher M. Tuckett is now available. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/galatians...
Galatians
For over one hundred years the International Critical Commentary has had a special place amongst works on the Bible. This new volume on Galatians brings togethe…
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How do hashtags work on this site? Same as in the before days or is there some celestial secret wisdom? Someone please let me know. Thanks!
Today in my Synoptic Gospels and Acts seminar we looked at the stories of Jesus's anointing by a woman. I find this topic endlessly fascinating. These are from my handout:
At SBL I get to have meals with some of my favorite scholars, people I have spent endless hours reading and learning from over the years. It is such a joy to talk with them face to face. Looking forward to it!
The superscriptions of the psalms are often overlooked. This is a shame—there are some remarkable details there.
Wondering what @jasonstaples.bsky.social will use for walk up music this year at #SBL
