You’d think that by hanging around a guy on a regular basis, you might hear it from him that he has a new article out.  I only now discovered for myself (via a comment on Bill Arnal’s facebook page) that Tony Burke has an excellent piece on the parallels between the techniques of ancient and modern apologists in attacking perceived heresies: “Heresy Hunting in the New Millenium,”  SBL Forum (October 2008).  Besides hitting the nail on the head, it’s a great read.

UPDATE:  Tony may well counter: You’d think that a guy that pretends to show interest in another’s scholarship would actually look at his blog (Tony has noted the article on his own blog, where there’s also a new post on the childhood of Jesus).

UPDATE (Oct 16):  Tony now has a response to Rob Bowman’s critique of Tony’s heresy hunting article.