New Position: BioLogos Foundation Senior Fellow of Biblical Studies

On December 1, 2009, the BioLogos Foundation published the following announcement:
The BioLogos Foundation is happy to announce that biblical scholar Pete Enns has joined our team as a senior fellow of biblical studies. Enns is an evangelical Christian scholar and author of several books and commentaries, including the popular Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the [...]

Speaking in Victoria, BC

October 24-25
Emmanuel Baptist Church &
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
“Seeing the NT as Christian Talmud: Toward Understanding the Nature of Christian Scripture” – at EBC, October 24, 10-12 noon
“It Was a Rough Century: Challenges to Conventional Notions of the Bible from the 1800s until Today” – at U.Vic., October 25, 7 p.m.
For more details, download the [...]

God’s Word in Human Words by Kent Sparks: Part Two

In Part 1 of my review of God’s Word in Human Words by Kenton Sparks, I set out what I saw as the central tenets of the book. We now continue with my report on a panel discussion of the book in which I participated this past fall.
PART 2: SBL Panel Discussion
On November 23, 2008, [...]

Speaking at Eastern University

I will be speaking on “Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Blueprint for Genesis” at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, at the McInnis Auditorium on Tuesday, April 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Board.

Poster for Duke Event

Be the first on your block (OK, probably the first in your state) to display the Official Poster of my October 22 appearance at Duke Divinity School.

Duke Event Poster (PDF)

New “Counterpoints” Book Near Release

I just received my copy of the Counterpoints book I wrote with Walter Kaiser, Jr. and Darrell Bock, Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Zondervan). The official release date, as I understand it, is October 3.
Previous to its release each author only saw his own essay, the other two essays, [...]

Is the Bible Ever Wrong? – A Conversation with Peter Enns and Stephen Chapman

Wednesday, Oct. 22nd, 7pm
Duke Divinity School
Westbrook Building 0016
Peter Enns – Author of the controversial Inspiration and Incarnation, Enns was until recently a professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. His academic interests include: Old Testament Theology, Biblical Theology, Wisdom Literature (esp. Ecclesiastes), the NT’s use of the OT, Second Temple literature, and the general [...]

Genesis and Evangelicals: Summary of Lecture at Messiah College

I realize I have not posted for a while. I’ve been busy watching the Yankees limp to the end of the season and their Stadium to non-existence. It’s been a rough summer.
I left off in the middle of a series of posts on responses to some general criticisms of I&I. I will continue that series [...]

Speaking at Messiah College Tonight!

A reminder that I will be speaking at Messiah College, near Gettysburg, PA, tonight at 7 p.m. Details here.

Lecture at Messiah College

Genesis and Evangelicals
A free lecture sponsored by
The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science
and the Messiah College Honors Program
Featured speaker: Dr. Peter Enns
Evangelicalism has tended to have an uneasy relationship with biblical scholarship of the last several generations. In this lecture, Prof. Enns will look at one specific example of this–the book of [...]