Via Hypotyposeis, Peter Kirby’s marvelous resources, Early Christian Writings and Early Jewish Writings are back on line. The former is a priceless resource that exists nowhere else that I know of, even in the form of any single book. The information isn’t as in depth as some of the scholarly works out there, but you won’t match its breadth short of a trip to the library.
Peter Kirby was formerly a contributor at infidels.org, a website serving freethinkers, but he underwent a conversion experience of sorts, and – to the dismay of many – took his web-site down. I don’t know what moved him to put it back up, but I’m grateful that he did. Oh, yeah – he also has a wonderful page summarizing a surprisingly numerous array of theories of the Historical Jesus. Well worth a glance.
And now for the housekeeping note. Anyone who’s paid any attention lately has seen a shift in focus on the smijer side of what used to be smijer & Buck. I’m still a news junkie, but I find I’m much more interested in talking about subjects that aren’t talked to pieces on all the other political blogs and on the TeeVee. That doesn’t mean I won’t kvetch on those subjects going forward – it just means that science and religion are a lot more fun for me, and give me a lot more opportunity to let my mind wander. So, you may see more of this and less of the politics in the near- or even long-term.
Another thing. We’ve got “about the author” pages now. Go look at them!
Another thing – I’m really planning to put more time and energy into this blog. I’d like to see my thoughts and writing mature a bit. So, stay tuned.
Those are some fantastic links. I could spend many, many hours going over that stuff.
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as “theistic evolution” or “atheist creationists” until I heard it from you.
As Ben said, you do some mighty impressive research. And it is nice to know that no matter how screwy and unhinged that I seem to be to myself sometimes there is always some category somewhere that I fall under.