Anchor Bible Report 17: James the Less
It is Reading Week here in Canada, which means a break from teaching and a chance to get back to some (albeit very little) writing. I managed to finish off a section of my Anchor Bible project on...
View ArticleApostolic Lists as Sources for, and Transmitters of, Apocryphal Traditions...
The following post is based on a presentation given at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies. The exploits of the apostles are documented in a wide assortment of...
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Christian Apocrypha at SBL 2023
The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature runs from November 18 to 21 in San Antonio, Texas. The following is a list of all the sessions and individual presentations that focus on...
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Christian Apocrypha Books to Look for at SBL 2023
The SBL Annual Meeting presents an ideal opportunity to check out new books on Christian apocrypha. As you make your way through the publishers’ exhibition, keep an eye out for these publications. If...
View ArticleWhat More Do You Need? The Next Wave in Christian Apocrypha Texts and...
The following paper was presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. This paper has two goals: to narcissistically acknowledge and celebrate the publication this past...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year, Part 1: August 2024
“You should come work with us here in Regensburg.” These words from Tobias Nicklas in 2020 made my heart leap. I was in Regensburg for a conference held by Tobias’s Beyond Canon Project and fell in...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year, Part 2: September 2024
Our second month in Regensburg included a visit from home, an encounter with a “climate event,” and a meeting with the boss. When we told our family and friends about our year-long stay in Regensburg,...
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Christian Apocrypha at SBL 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature runs from November 23 to 26 in San Diego, California. I won’t be attending this year, but I can still post my usual roundup of sessions and...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 3: October 2024
It’s October in Regensburg and the weather is finally becoming seasonal. Long gone now are the heat waves of August and September; we have even turned on the heat a few times. For some reason, the...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 4: November 2024
Winter has come to Regensburg. Who would have thought it would be so . . . misty? There have been a few flurries but most of the time the sky has been grey and the air heavy with water. Not rain, just...
View Article(Too Far) Beyond Canon: Has the Re-defining of “Christian Apocrypha” Lost Its...
The following is the text of my presentation at the GORE Workshop held at Beyond Canon (Universität Regensburg), 2–3 December 2024. I have to confess that I’m not particularly comfortable talking about...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 5: December 2024
December was heavy with work (three presentations) and somewhat light on travelling (only one trip out of the city). Mind you, that’s all because we were in Regensburg for only a couple of weeks before...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 6: January 2025
At the end of last month’s account of our post-Christmas vacation in Portugal, we were about to board a bus to Seville on New Year’s Day. After our previous two attempts to book transport were...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 7: February 2025
The days are short now in Regensburg, and there is less activity on the streets. The only festivity to break up the routine is the eating of Krapfen (donuts) to celebrate Karneval or Fasching. The...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 8: March 2025
This month was bookended by two concerts, one in Munich and the other in Glasgow. I don’t normally mention music here but I am not only a scholar and a traveller, I am also a struggling musician—that...
View ArticleMy Regensburg Year Part 9: April 2025
For most of this month we stayed close to home, satisfying our wanderlust with some small bus trips to nearby Kallmünz and Donaustauf. The two towns are quite similar: they are built around an...
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