Peter Gurry

Oct 28, 2024 | evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Peter Gurry

A few of you have asked me about our annual blog dinner at SBL. After reaching out to my cobloggers, the lot has fallen on me to find a place. I’ve reached out to a bunch of restaurants to see which is cheapest (none will be cheap, I fear). But I will update you here if I find a good place. If, by some slim chance, a blog reader knows of a church near the convention center in San Diego that might be willing to host us, do reach out and let me know.

Oct 8, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Peter Gurry

If there’s one statistic everyone knows about the Bible, it’s that it’s the best-selling book of all time. Less known is that the best-selling artist of all time is a Swiss Bible illustrator; that the earliest illustrated Bible may well come from Ethiopia; or that the country that produces the most Bibles today is China, the same country that banned many Bible apps. This is just a sample of “Bible superlatives” that reflect the Good Book’s global reach.

Oct 2, 2024 | evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Peter Gurry

Hugh Houghton sends word that the call for papers it out for the next Birmingham Colloquium. I wish I could say I have been to one of these but I’ve never been able to make it. I’ve heard they’re wonderful and I have certainly benefitted from many of the published papers over the years. The call for papers for the 14th Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament is now open. The colloquium will be held in Birmingham from 9th to 11th April 2025.

Sep 10, 2024 | evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Peter Gurry

Following Tommy’s post about an older book newly released as an ebook, I thought I would share some of the books that have recently come to my attention that might be of interest to our readers. I’ve only read one of them (Gordon’s) and can recommend it as really excellent. But, since I’ll have a review coming out soon, I’ll save my comments for that. Allen’s book just arrived and I’ve only dipped in, but it will be of special interest to ETC readers.

Sep 4, 2024 | textandcanon.org | Peter Gurry

By far the most common question I get asked about Bible translation is What’s the best one? What I’ve noticed is that, very often, the question comes with a hint of worry—worry that, depending on my answer, the person may discover they’ve been using a second-best translation. And when it’s God’s word we’re reading, no one wants to settle for second best! The anxiety is understandable. But can anything be done about it?