The Jesus Blog is pleased to host this guest post from Prof Joan Taylor. It is Easter, and yet this is not a year when we will get together with family, or go to our churches and meetings to remember the events of Jesus’s last days. We will not gather together to celebrate the proclamation of his livingness. We are, in many parts of the world, in lockdown. We sign off emails by saying “stay safe.” We are anxious, isolated, and unsure what the future holds. We hear a lot about death. People are losing loved ones. It feels as if there is a demon on the loose, and any one of us could be taken ..read more

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Professor Larry Hurtado PhD Scholarship Fund Larry devoted his life to building up the study of New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh, and many PhD students from all over the world have benefited from his friendship and guidance. In an effort to remember Larry's legacy, and even to build on it in a small way, we are delighted to announce the establishment of a new scholarship fund in honour of Larry. It will be known as the Professor Larry Hurtado Scholarship and will support a PhD candidate at the School of Divinity working in the area of Christian Origins. We w ..read more

My friend and mentor, Larry W. Hurtado, passed from this life on Monday, November 25. It was Monday night of the Society of Biblical Literature meeting in San Diego, CA. Somehow it was fitting that Larry departed while the rest of us were at SBL. Larry loved SBL and was always in top form at receptions, recalling the events of the day, making introductions, and generally holding court. I heard about his death as soon as I entered the T&T Clark reception; it was something of a silver lining to a terribly dark cloud to receive the news while surrounded by so many of his former Edinburgh stu ..read more

2019 editorial board for JSHJ: Executive Editors James G. Crossley Anthony Le Donne Book Review Editor Michael Daise Editorial Board Dale C. Allison, Jr Michael F. Bird Darrell L. Bock Helen Bond Pieter F. Craffert Tom Holmén Richard A. Horsley Larry W. Hurtado Obery Hendricks, Jr Thomas Kazen Chris Keith John S. Kloppenborg Amy-Jill Levine Annette Merz Halvor Moxnes Stanley E. Porter Mark Allan Powell Rainer Riesner Rafael Rodríguez Sarah E. Rollens Jens Schröter Joan Taylor Graham H. Twelftree Robert L. Webb We are very pleased to add Obery Hendricks, Jr. You ..read more

The Jesus Blog is honored to, once more, feature a guest post from Joan Taylor, Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College, London. Her latest book, by the way, is fascinating. Have a look: On April 10, the Tongan-Australian Rugby star Israel Folau expressed on social media his views on God’s plan for gay people, namely: “HELL – unless they repent of their sins and turn to God.” He stated that "hell waits" for drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolators. For this, he was hit with immediate censure. Rugby Australia d ..read more