Farrer on the Matthean context of double tradition

The story of the Centurion is commonly supposed to have been derived by St Matthew from Q. But surely the moral to be drawn from the extrao...

Dale Allison Clark Lecture Recordings

Thanks to Andy Rowell for pointing out that Dale Allison's Clark Lectures , recently given at Duke University, are now available online ...

BBC Passion website new content: Crucifixion and Questions Answered

More material has been added to the BBC's The Passion website. New today is an article on the crucifixion, discussing the topic by usi...

The Passion, episode 3

The third episode of The Passion was broadcast tonight on BBC1. I was on the road so was unable to watch it, but will catch up on Sunday ...

Passion Interview with me in Christian Today

Christian Today have been running a big feature on The Passion and they have added a couple of interviews done on the evening of the premi...

Independent praises "surprisingly gripping" Passion -- and other links

I omitted to refer to The Independent 's very positive review of The Passion . As usual, I'll quote a section, but it's all wor...

Guardian Review of "Fabulous" Passion

Saving the best until last, it's nice to wake up this morning to a great review in Media Guardian . It is not possible for me to concea...

The Passion: Reviews and Comments begin to come in

It is Monday morning and the papers are full of reviews and comments on The Passion . I hope to blog some more about this at the week goes ...

How Jesus was crucified: Sunday Telegraph's negative spin on The Passion

On Thursday afternoon, I had a fifteen minute chat with a reporter from the Sunday Telegraph about the way that Jesus' crucifixion is p...

The Passion on Newsnight Review

Thanks to James Crossley for pointing out to me that The Passion was reviewed last night on Newsnight Review . I was delighted to hear Ant...

The Passion trailer

I'm bumping this up to the top to remind those in the UK that The Passion mini-series begins this weekend. My posts on it, which inclu...

Review of Biblical Literature megapost

Here is the latest from the SBL Review of Biblical Literature, incorporating the last three or four updates: Egbert Ballhorn and Georg Stein...

The Passion Timeline

Another new feature has been added to The Passion website at the BBC: The Passion: Timeline A series of links are arranged in a Holy Week o...

More Passion video

Several more videos have been added to The Passion website at the BBC. These are theme-based interviews mainly with Frank Deasy (writer) a...

BBC Passion transmission times again

There is a little more available now on the transmission times for The Passion . Although the site's Episode Guide gives the Good Frid...

The Passion and Doctor Who

I have been wondering, ever since watching the first edits of The Passion , how I knew Mary ( Penelope Wilton ). Today I realized that she ...

Parables Article on the Passion Website

I have another article on The Passion website, this time on parables: Parables by Mark Goodacre

Frank Deasy on Start the Week

One of my favourite podcasts is Start the Week , Andrew Marr's regular Radio 4 Monday morning programme. It's great to discover thi...

BBC Passion Trailer on-line

The first trailer for The Passion (42 seconds) is now available on the BBC Passion website: The Passion

Travel Diary, Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale airport, Sunday, 9.56am.: I've spent a couple of days on my first Biblical Archaeology Society study weekend. The locat...

BBC Passion airtimes update

The Passion Episode Guide has been updated again, with an adjustment of Episode 3 to Good Friday, and times confirmed for the first three e...

BBC Passion Screen dates

There are details of the screen dates for The Passion over on its website now -- see Episode Guide : Episode 1: Sunday 16 March, 8pm-9pm, B...

On the road again

I set off for Fort Lauderdale later today where I am giving four lectures on the topic "Monarch or Messiah: the King of Jewish Expectat...