The latest issue of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus is just out (volume 6, issue 1). As editor of this Journal I've always been pleased with its contents, but this issue is particularly interesting in its diversity: there is something for everyone. One of the features of this Journal that I've tried to stress is to foster conversation among the diversity of scholars involved in this field. Each of these essays involves such conversation in one way or another. The table of contents includes:
"Did the Historical Jesus Prohibit All Oaths? -- Part 2", by John P. Meier.
"A Response to John P. Meier's 'Did the Historical Jesus Prohibit All Oaths?'" by Donald A. Hagner.
"The Prohibition of Oaths and Contra-scriptural Halakhot: A Response to John P. Meier" by Jonathan Klawans.
"The Historical Jesus and Oaths: A Response to Donald A. Hagner and Jonathan Klawans" by John P. Meier.
"A Prophet is Rejected in His Home Town (Mark 6.4 and Parallels): A Study in the Methodological (In)Consistency of the Jesus Seminar" by William John Lyons.
"Eyewitnesses and the Oral Jesus Tradition" by James D. G. Dunn.
"Morton Smith as M. Madiotes: Stephen Carlson's Attribution of 'Secret Mark' to a Bald Swindler" by Allan J. Pantuck and Scott G. Brown.
And, of course, the issue concludes with the Book List, noting recent works on or related to historical Jesus Studies.
Further information about the Journal can be found here, and access to any of these articles (unfortunately at a cost; though many university libraries do have subscriptions), can be found here.
How come the journal has been moved from Sage to Ingenta? Sage has a much nicer web interface for users.
Danny,
The reason for the change is that E. J. Brill purchased JSHJ (along with a few other journals) from Sage. Thus JSHJ is now available through Brill's electronic interface and no longer through Sage's.
Sorry that it is not as nice an interface to use! I'll pass along the comment to Brill. Perhaps they can look at this.
Bob.
I swear you've got a lot of good material on oaths in there!
Craig,
As editor, I'm swearing off oath articles for a while!
Bob.
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