A weekend round up the day after Biblical Studies Carnival 44 seems a little superfluous. Nonetheless I press on under the obligation of assumed duty, or something. (Whatever!)
James McGrath posts a wicked satirical video on taking the Bible literally. Stone those gay dwarves now.
Mark Goodacre is starting a podcast section of the NT Gateway. Send him your links.
Pat McCullough puts up a page of advice for those considering undergraduate biblical studies courses. It also illustrates just how different an educational world the US is compared to the UK.
Tyler Wiliams has done a superb job revamping his site to run on Joomla, which should make it’s excellent resources more accessible. I shudder to think of the work involved. Let’s hope that with that done he starts blogging a bit more often.
Speaking of Tyler: he’s starting a series on Psalm 151. What? You thought there were only 150 – well, go and check it out.
Eddie Arthur has uncovered one of the more idiosyncratic (not to say stupid) Bible translations, based on the idea that the whole Bible “was originated” in “the Ancient Aramaic language”. Now that’s dilettantism. (I’m sure Jim won’t mind me using his favourite term of abuse)
Chris Heard demolishes an attempt to claim superiority for religious studies over theology.
Kevin Scull produces a summary of all (to the best of his knowledge) those who took part in his Five Primary Sources meme. Go and see what came out on top.
Ben Byerly points to (and quotes extensively from) an essay on how historical exegesis relates to the patterns of exegesis used within the New Testament.
There are many things I would never have known but for reading blogs. Thanks to Matt Page I now know there is a (possible) hoax gay Jesus porn film. Not sure I wanted to – but now I’ve shared the pain. 
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Thanks for the link, Doug. I’d love to hear more about the difference.
I’ll see what I can do – although I’m probably a bit out of date.
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