A New Festschrift in the making

Well, having conferred with the man himself today, I’m pleased to report that (with help!) I’m working towards putting together a festschrift in honour of Professor Anthony Thiselton, on the topic of Paul and Hermeneutics.  One problem with festschrifts is that they are often of very mixed quality, only loosely adhering to a common theme.  I’m hoping we’ll make this volume a top quality, genuinely important contribution to the topic.  I think that would itself be an honour to Thiselton, whose contribution to the area has been so important.

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  1. On August 10, 2009 at 2:38 pm Bec Said:

    :-)

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  2. On August 10, 2009 at 3:08 pm Nick Norelli Said:

    Cool!

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  3. On August 10, 2009 at 3:42 pm Marty Foord Said:

    Well done dude!

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  4. On August 10, 2009 at 3:59 pm Matthew Said:

    Thanks :-) Should be fun

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  5. On August 10, 2009 at 5:40 pm Jim Said:

    the plural of ‘Festschrift’ is ‘Festschriften’ and not ‘festschrifts’. i’m not being pedantic. i just think you ought to use the right word or suffer the eternal consequences.

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    • On August 10, 2009 at 6:03 pm Matthew Said:

      I can see it’s time to fess up: I also say “dumbkopfs”… and “fess” ;-)

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  6. On August 10, 2009 at 7:28 pm tc robinson Said:

    Yes,indeed.

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  7. On August 10, 2009 at 10:53 pm Bryan L Said:

    What an honor. Now you just need to finish your phd before it’s done so you don’t have to write how you’re currently getting a phd on your editor description. : ) Can’t wait to see it when it comes out. Will it be the first for Thiselton?

    Bryan L

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  8. On August 11, 2009 at 9:13 am Matthew Said:

    Yeah I think I was just in the right place at the right time – but hmmm you’re right about the phd – better finish that sucker off quick smart! It will be the first proper festschrift for Thiselton, although I think he’s had a volume on hermeneutics dedicated to him before.

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  9. On August 11, 2009 at 11:18 am Jonathan Skipper Said:

    Hey Matt,
    found your blog, nice one, will be following it from now on. Going to write anything about the Cybermen? Hope the festschrift project succeeds!!
    JSkipper

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  10. On August 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm Matthew Said:

    Hey Jonathan,

    Just working on the festschrift project at the moment – trying to summarise expectations for contributors.

    In relation to cybermen, I have a couple of thoughts:
    1) Does the word derive from the Greek word “cybernesis”, listed as a spiritual gift in 1 Corinthians? Are Cybermen therefore really good on the inside?
    2) Cybermen have very stompy feet – the stompiest I’ve heard in a long time.

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