The Bibliovore's Wife

While Easter Sunday is long past, the effects continue. The bodily resurrection of Jesus has been explored historically, theologically, and philosophically. I'd like to explore a few major results and conclusions of that research in this post. And, of course, here are my top 3 recommended reads from renowned New Testament Scholars! What Scriptural Chapters Focus on the Resurrection? Though the resurrection to transformed life is a fairly prevalent theme throughout the New Testament, hinted at in the Old, there are five pericopes that focus more exclusively on describing and analyzing the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. Other historical sources from around the time of the New Testament manuscripts do address the question, but the first part of scholar and evidentialist apologist Michael Licona's 700+-page analysis verifies that the New Testament documents provide the best-quality historical evidence. 1 Corinthians 15 The almost-final chapter of Paul's first letter to...

This year, one of my mini-series I've planned, roughly approximating our family's growth trajectory, is on stages of child life. This week, the topic is infancy! Because I don't have a particular book or subtopic in mind around which to frame the post, we'll call this series "Assorted Thoughts." Operational Definitions In an attempt to blog within the spirit of the analytical philosophy tradition, of which Husband is a fan, I'd like to start with defining key terms. Suffice it to say that babies in general are a hotly discussed topic in wider culture for various reasons. Let's start chronologically. What is a  fetus ? This is a scientific designation for a preborn infant from around 8 weeks' gestation until born. Etymologically, it comes from a Latin term meaning "fruitful" or "newly delivered." A related word etymologically is "fawn." Once born, a baby is called a  newborn  until around 8 weeks old. Size can vary qu...

As many of you know, both Husband and I are quite interested in Christian apologetics. One individual commonly brought up as a counter-Christian resource in apologetic debates and discussions is Christian-turned-agnostic Bart Ehrman . He wrote a popular-level book about when and what level of Christology emerged in the 0th generation of Christianity: How Jesus Became God . So, several Christian scholars collaborated to publish another popular-level book engaging with the strengths and weaknesses of Ehrman's book: How God Became Jesus . Let's explore the second book this week! As a reminder, here's the general outline of this post: I will . . . Contextualize the author's writings as a whole (bibliography) Bring the author's major ideas to the present day Comment on major sections of the book, or important chapters, depending on organization Bibliographies Given that this is the first book reflection I've done on an edited, multi-author book, the bibliography sect...

Over the course of this year, I plan to do a series of posts on home education in various subjects required by or related to those required by the state we currently reside in. This is partly to develop my own homeschooling philosophy and specific ideas via writing, and partly sharing some toddler-appropriate ideas and visions that may be of help to you. This post is on health education, focusing on how to sequence said education in the K-12 age range. What is Health? I may not have mentioned this on the blog before, but my PhD training was in interdisciplinary health sciences. Basically, my cohort was made up of nurses, rehab therapists, and other health professionals who wanted to learn about how their professions could interact for better health outcomes. Therefore, we started out on day 1 exploring how various organizations and agencies define "health." Two such organizations are SAMHSA and WHO. SAMHSA stands for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, ...