Augustine and the “new testament” in the old (Jer 31:31–34)

What does it mean that “the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Cor 3:6)? JD Dawson, through Origen, explores several suggestions. And a fellow student of mine at St Andrews, who successfully defended his PhD mid-December, focuses a different but related set of considerations through an “Augustinian” reading of Jer 31.

Revisiting J.D. Dawson, Christian Figural Reading

I admire this book so much that I asked my wife’s grandmother to buy me a copy for Christmas.

Two New Collections on Kanon/Canon

The second half of 2007 saw two new collections of essays on canon (“kanon” in German).

The Moratorium on Canon

I am currently reviewing a new collection of essays that puts me in mind of two canon sessions I attended at SBL. Unfortunately, running the sessions in parallel seemed a recipe for parties of the debate not just talking past one another, but talking only to themselves. In one session S. Chapman argued for a core canon extending to the biblical period. In the other, several panelists upheld a “consensus” moratorium on canon terminology.

Richard Bauckham Retires