The second Biblical Studies Carnival has now been posted by Tyler Williams, and he has done an excellent job of pulling together many interesting, historically-minded discussions from various blogs relating to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and their contexts (and I don’t just say that because I’m included). Definitely check it out!

I’m slotted to host the one for May, so I better get thinking of a way to do it that may compare to the high quality of Tyler’s.

Biblioblogs.com is a site that gathers together links to various biblical related weblogs, but they also choose a “blog of the month” and interview the blogger in question. This month it is Jim Davila, who runs Paleojudaica, who is interviewed. Among the more important revelations: as a kid, Jim was an actor in a Waltons’ episode.

The Biblical Studies Carnival has returned under the leadership of Tyler Williams (whose expertise is in Hebrew Bible) and will commence its monthly issues on February 1. Tyler now has a call for submissions for the February edition. He clarifies that the carnival will focus on historical or academic approaches (rather than devotional) to biblical studies and cognate areas. He also explains what a blog carnival is, in the event that you are unfamiliar with this. This will be working on the model of things like the History Carnival, which I find enjoyable and often mention.

In case you hadn’t noticed, David Meadows has an ambitious daily Classicarnival linking to the most recent posts relating to Greek and Roman topics. How does he keep up with it all?