Kudos

Ben has been away in the States (Atlanta, this time) for his annual theological conferences. He presented a paper on Monday and we've just seen a review from a well-known Pauline scholar, Michael Gorman...

although I heard several good papers, including those at the session I chaired on historical criticism and theological interpretation, the best paper of the conference I heard was by Ben Blackwell, an excellent younger scholar who just finished his Ph.D. at the University of Durham. His subject was “Deification and Colossians 2:10″ and–as I said in the Q and A–it was both convincing and significant. (Wish I had given it myself!)

Well done, Ben!