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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Albert Schweitzer wins moustache election in historic landslide victory
The results of our Movember poll (Top 5 Biblical Scholar Moustaches) are in and it appears that one in two voters prefers Albert Schweitzer’s moustache. In what became a tight race for third place, Schweitzer’s “walrus” dominates not only his upper … Continue reading
Poll: Top 5 Biblical Scholar Moustaches
In the interests of Movember (donate here) I have decided to compile a list of the top five moustaches sported by past and present biblical scholars. You can vote for your favourite below. The following list is by no means exhaustive … Continue reading
Posted in Bible
Tagged Albert Schweitzer, beards, Hermann Gunkel, moustache, Movember, Philip Davies, poll, Richard Elliot Friedman, Rudolf Bultmann
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Solomon as political leader?
With the media in New Zealand currently preoccupied with the imminent General Election, it is perhaps apposite to leave aside for the moment all thoughts of teapots, taping devices, and tactical voting and turn our attention to some biblical politics … Continue reading
Groping the pope
I’ve just finished teaching CTHTHEO 254/354 Continuity and Change, a survey of the history of Christianity between c500 and c1600. It coincided happily with TV3’s screening of The Borgias. In the first episode Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (played by Jeremy Irons) … Continue reading
Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement
Announcing a recent book on theology and technology that might be of interest. The edited volume contains a chapter titled “The Helpful Cyborg” by Stephen Garner (blog), who lectures in practical theology in Auckland’s School of Theology. Ronald Cole-Turner (editor) … Continue reading
Auckland papers at the SBL 2011 Meeting (San Francisco)
Elaine Wainwright “Writing an Ecological Commentary” Ecological Hermeneutics 11/19/2011, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Room: 2016 – Convention Center In a recent collection of essays on the Gospel of Matthew, Built upon the Rock, R. T. France and John Nolland … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Elaine Wainwright, Nasili Vakauta, Philip Culbertson, SBL
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Cultural representations of Delilah… a whore or more?
In recent years, there has been a growing interest within biblical studies in the interplay between the Bible and popular culture, particularly, the representations of biblical themes and characters within cultural texts such as film, literature, music, and art. One … Continue reading
New Book: Nasili Vaka’uta – Reading Ezra 9-10 Tu’a-Wise
Former Auckland PhD candidate and now lecturer in biblical studies at Trinity Methodist Theological College and the School of Theology at the University of Auckland, Nasili Vaka’uta, has published a monograph based on his doctoral research. Reading tu’a-wise (Tongan lau … Continue reading
New course on Islam from next year
Perhaps fitting into the “et al” category of this blog’s title, from next year the School of Theology will begin offering a new undergraduate course on Islam (see an NZHerald article here). The course, which is available to both Theology students … Continue reading
