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Sep 7, 2025 • Paul Norris
Reading John
The final gospel poses problems for this series.
Apr 17, 2025 • Paul Norris
Reading Luke
Richmond Lattimore, the Greek scholar whose translation of the gospels I have been reading for the first time, said that his doubts about Christian…
Apr 6, 2025 • Paul Norris
Reading Matthew
Each book of the Bible is iterative, building on the pattern of its predecessors.
Mar 27, 2025 • Paul Norris
Reading Mark
Privacy and wholeness in the first Gospel
Mar 17, 2025 • Paul Norris
It was a wonderful life
I am currently attempting to write a second consecutive chapter on sermons, which is the reason for my prolonged absence from the increasingly…
Dec 22, 2024 • Paul Norris
Travel and Vice
The case against the case against the case against...
Oct 10, 2024 • Paul Norris
In France
I’ve just returned from a trip to Clermont-Ferrand, a large town right in the centre of France, where I travelled for a conference about (of all things…
Apr 10, 2024 • Paul Norris
Occasional diary
Thoughts about various topics occasioned by studying a PhD in English literature.
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