Is Claiming the Holy Spirit as Author of the Bible an Unforgivable Sin?
I have been having a Facebook interaction with someone who claims that the Holy Spirit is author of the writings in the Bible. On the one hand, this claims does not seem to make sense, since the same...
View ArticleThat Doesn’t Exactly Settle It
Joel Watts shared this on Facebook. I think that more qualifications need to be added below the “God said it” since this still gives the impression that we have God-authored exact words which, if we...
View ArticlePauline Authorship: Visualizing the BNTC Survey Numbers
Dan Wilkinson was not entirely happy with just the numbers provided in Paul Foster's article, from which I shared some statistics in a previous post. So he made this: There are exceptions and unusual...
View ArticleRIP Frederick Pohl
SF Signal and IO9 are both reporting that science fiction author Frederick Pohl has passed away. UPDATE: When I first saw this news and blogged about it, I somehow managed to muddle Frederick Pohl and...
View ArticleGod as Author
The Onion has a clever piece which explores what happens if you actually treat God as the author of the Bible, contrary to the clear evidence that the Bible is a human work by multiple fallible human...
View ArticleThanks, Google
A student pointed out to me that, if you ask Google “Who wrote the Pentateuch?” you get the answer, in big, bold letters, “Moses.” I decided to click the “feedback” button and indicate that this is...
View ArticleWhat Could a Fisherman Compose?
I shared a link to a blog post by Jonathan Bernier a while back, which questioned the relevance of the purported employment of the traditionally-proposed author of the Fourth Gospel. Here’s a list...
View ArticleMax Stern: Bible and Music
I’ve been developing a course on the Bible and music, and so was delighted to see a review of a book on the topic appear in Review of Biblical Literature. The book is Bible & Music: Influences of...
View ArticleMoses on Moses
I came across the above meme, which nicely highlights one of many absurdities that result from viewing Moses as the author of the Pentateuch.
View ArticleThe Endings of Mark Explained
Joel Watts suggested that this might explain the issues related to the endings of the Gospel of Mark: What do you think?
View ArticleGod’s Author Page
The second commandment is being observed, I see…or rather, I don’t see.
View ArticleTheology and Science Fiction Interview
I’m delighted that Wipf and Stock gave me the opportunity to speak at length about the subject of my recent book, Theology and Science Fiction. The video above is a short excerpt, part of their...
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