Stump the Professor
Thursday February 28, 2008
Categories: Biblical Studies
(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Here's the offer. I will send a copy of Donald McKim, Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters, to the first person who can stump the professor. At what? Here's the deal: When...
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Scot McKnight is a widely-recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois). A popular and witty speaker, Dr. McKnight has given interviews on radios across the nation, has appeared on television, and is regularly asked to speak in local churches and educational events. Dr. McKnight obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham (1986). Click to continue reading Scot McKnight's Bio...
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What about J.A. Bengal?
You'll never get this one Scot: E.P. Sanders!! :)
Man, this is hard. I have two: B. W. Bacon and H. J. Schoeps.
Oops. In my zeal to attempt to stump you, I forgot to read the rules thoroughly.
I'll stick with B.W. Bacon.
Final answer.
I'll take a crack. K.B.
Mike,
"JSR" isn't detectable; I have to have the family name.
Art,
One go at it: Ed Parish. (And I'm pretty sure BW is Benjamin Wisner.)
Just got back from San Diego; time for bed. Hans Joachim, but he's not a NT scholar ... a Jewish historian (and a good one).
JA Bengel is Johann Albrecht.
Okay, Scott, I'll "rephrase":
J. S. Russell
Mike,
I wouldn't consider him to fit the category; he was a pastor -- but he was James Stuart Russell.
So, do I get another chance?
How about A. R. C. Leaney?
How about A.J. Gossip?
Okay, it's past 4 PM your time. Guess the book goes to J.W. ...
But since this is the only kind of good Gossip that might be allowable, may I pass along this favorite quote from him: âA basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are open to religious impression through the intellect, whereas ⦠there are at least four other gateways - the emotions, the imagination, the aesthetic feeling, and the will - through which they can be reached.â
In anticipation of losing the S.T.P. game, may I offer that as a virtual ice cream?
A. E. Brooke
How about:
Craig L. Blomberg (I know you know his first name, so I won't even try!)
Ray,
Do you know? Alfred Robert Clare ...
Remember, you need to know the answers before you ask.
Alan England Brooke ... time for bed.
#13 - Scot, you're good! And, no I didn't know until you told me (and then I looked it up!).
I got you on this Scot. Go ahead and chalk the victory up to me...I've got that book on my wishlist anyways!
E.F. Harrison
scot,
how about H.B Swete...
Does it have to be a Brit/American? What about H.L. Strack (of Strack and Billerbeck)? If that does not qualify, can you do J.R.W. Stott - if you question whether he is a NT scholar, consider that you have him under your selected bibliography for your Galatians commentary!
Who was O. Kuss?
S. J. Gathercole
Dear Scot,
How about R.H. Charles?
OK ... this is fun.
Please don't ask if you don't know. So, please don't sort through your library and find initials you don't know and then ask me.
Everett Falconer Harrison
Henry Barclay Swete
Strack wasn't a NT scholar
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Robert Henry Charles
Otto Kuss
Both Blomberg and Gathercole are still with us!
A warning to the impertinent: Dr. McKnight ate a lot of ice cream at Trinity, people.
D. E. Roterodamus ?
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus.
G. A. Krodel
L. W. Hurtado
(I know we all know the L...it's the W I'm interested in)
James,
Since our friend Larry is still alive he isn't in the pool of potential names.
Wow. It was much easier to guess what Scot bought himself for Christmas.
Whew, Bill Cork admits to me he doesn't know "A." in Gerhard A. Krodel, so I'm off the hook and that name is off the table.
Again, please read the rules above.
For someone who has an awful time with names this gift of recall is exasperating. I am always that guy who says hello then realizes I don't recall the person's name.
The rule in 23 was added after you started!
What if I can get the answer before the end of the day?
M.C. Tenney?
Bill,
If I have to guess it would be Augustus... so let me know if you find out.
Merrill Chapin Tenney
haha. Man you are good! Goodbye to my luck...Hey is anyone gonna win? Haha.
I've got one for you, but I don't know the middle name.
P. Schwartzerd
I see I broke the rules. K. Barth.
C.F.D. Moule
What about J.N.D. Kelly?
How about F.W. Beare?
Tom,
I do get to discern if the person is reputable; I've never heard of him.
Karl Barth
John Norman Davidson Kelly
I believe it is Francis Wright Beare.
Charles Francis Digby Moule
I'm offering G.S.Allegra.
F. Zündel
GS Allegra's got to be a joke.
And I would judge Zundel not to fit #1 (I've never heard of him).
Scot....
P. Schwartzerd is a well known theologian. You just don't know him by that name. I gave you this more for fun than anything else, so I don't care whether I win the book, and my tactic might have been stretching your rules. His better known name you will know and will guess: P. Melanchthon.
G.S. Allegra is no joke, but a candidate for sainthood. Here's from Wikipedia's article on him:
Gabriele Allegra (Dec 26, 1907 - â Jan 26, 1976) was a Franciscan Friar and scripture scholar. He is best known for performing the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible into the Chinese language. He awaits canonization.
So while he may not be widely known here, his work has benefited millions of Chinese-speaking Catholics. In this era of globalization, I thought he should be given a chance.
R.V.G. Tasker
Bob,
Good one. I believe it is
Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker.
I don't have a name to offer, just an observation, These guys had great names and it is too bad they settled for initials.
A. W. Argyle
heres a few more:
A.M. Stibbs
A.E. Walls
E. J. Tinsley
E. M. Blaiklock
J. W. Packer
T. F. Glasson
D.S. Warner
D Burdick
Scot -
I may be too late, but this will allow you tell people about A.T. Robertson.
A note: I have been saying the Jesus Creed along with The Divine Hours.
May you have a blessed Lenten season.
A.B. Simpson?
Scot,
I'll have a crack at it. What about A.J.B. Higgins?
Daniel,
At #53, stumped me. Even though Aubrey William Argyle wrote on Matthew I had never, to my memory, found his initials. I'll be dealing with Daniel on the side ...
But, keep 'em coming.
Don't know DS Warner; Don Burdick is homiletics isn't he?
AB Simpson... NT scholar?
AT Robertson, Archibald Thomas.
Mike Bird,
Isn't it Angus John Brockhurst?
J G M Daniélou
H J Schoeps
sorry Scot, didn't see h j schoeps already listed
E.P. Sanders
Scot,
I didn't see your response to Brad #11's A.J. Gossip...
W.W. Sanday
R.A. Culpepper
Congrats Daniel!
Hi Scott,
Ok, I've been a quiet reader of this forum. But here is my first try. May be is too late. Here it is: L. A. Schokel
Re # 56 and 60:
Donald W Burdick (I don't know what the W stands for, so couldn't put it in) was a NT scholar (and my professor at Denver Seminary back when it was Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary). He is best known for being on the NIV translation team, and his commentary on the Letters of John.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.S._Warner
I think it is just William Sanday.
Don't know RA Culpepper's middle name.
Luis Schokel?
I confused Don Burdick -- yes I remember him -- with Donald Buttrick.
B.S. Childs
I'm pretty sure you know the first name, but the middle name...
Watchman,
I think it is something like Smythe, but he's an OT scholar.
I don't know if he is alive or dead, so I might be out of bounds with this one, but: W. H. Brownlee
Culpepper's middle name = Alan. First name?
F.D. MAURICE
Re: #46 Friedrich Zündel is the author of (München: Chr. Kaiser Verlag, 1926). I picked up a copy for cheap at a book sale recently, but haven't read it, so can't say whether or not he was reputable in his day. Karl Barth apparently liked him: http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/z/zuendel.shtml
Whoops, Scot. Yep Childs is OT. Sorry about that. "Springs" is his middle name.
The contest recalled to mind the following that I heard many years ago.
There once was a man named Dodd,
whose name was exceedingly odd.
I don't know why he needed three D's,
when one is enough for God.
Surely Scot would not have found C. H. to be a challenge.
Charles Harold Dodd, the man who needed 3 Ds.
l oberlinner
Okay, Scot, I'm befuddled here . . . if you don't know someone,
wouldn't that mean the person submitting the name won, that
they stumped you? I'm impressed with all those names
floating about. Me? I've never heard of most of them,
so I'm quite impressed!
E. D. W. Burton, is the easy one, since you've written on this topic. But how about B. Lucas.
Scot,
Doh. You are good! I owe you a coke!!
And why does J. R. W. Stott need three T's when one is enough for Scot?
So when will you start going by your initials?
Hope it's not too late for a couple from the Reformed camp:
N B Stonehouse
E P Clowney (not sure if he counts as an NT scholar - he wrote a commentary on 1 Peter for IVP)
Love this game back at TEDS - in Synoptics and NT Pneumatology...
I bought the good professor (he sported Air Jordans back then) a chocolate milkshake at the old White Horse - they made a mean THICK shake...
good times!
How about S.M. Baugh?
He's not dead (!) . . . and he's not primarily known as a NT scholar, although that was his training and focus early on . . . but E.M.B. Green might pose a challenge, Scot?
D.E.H. Whiteley.
Paul S. Minear.
T.W. Manson.
C.J. Cadoux.
Scot,
I think this means you've crossed into uber geek territory!
How about J Meggett? Not dead, as best as I can tell, but wrote a rather interesting commentary on Corinthians
Steve
P.S Thanks for all your work in making this a fantastic blog.
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