Biblioblog Top 50 – July 2009

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It’s the Biblioblog Top 50 – for the month of July 2009!

The Biblioblog Top 50 ranks each biblical studies blog, or “biblioblog,” by the total traffic or “hits” it receives each month.

Scene from 'Gone West', the upcoming British Sitcom featuring Jim West

Scene from 'Gone West', the upcoming British Sitcom featuring Jim West

The Number 1 Biblioblogger this month is… Jim West, whose popularity soared after the announcement that an upcoming British Sitcom would be featuring him as the central character.

We have even managed to obtain exclusive footage of the pilot episode from the BBC:

“Aren’t you all entitled to your half-arsed musings on the Divine? You’ve thought about eternity for 25 minutes, and think you’ve come to some interesting conclusions? Well let me tell you. I stand with 2000 years of darkness and bafflement and hunger behind me. My kind have harvested the souls of a million peasants. And I couldn’t give a ha’penny jizz for your internet-assembled philosophy. ”
– Jim West (the Britcom character, not the eminent blogger himself)

So who are the shakers and movers in biblical studies blogging for the month of July 2009? V. Henry T. Nguyen (Punctuated Life) enters the elite top 3, with Peter M. Lopez (Beauty of the Bible) one place behind at No. 4. Dave Black (Dave Black Online) is up 30 places to No. 8, Mike Whitenton (Ecce Homo) is up 35 places to No. 11, and ElShaddai Edwards (He Is Sufficient) is up 36 places to No. 14. Brandon Wason (Sitz im Leben) soared 112 places to No. 20,  Robert C. Kashow (Tolle Lege!) rose 86 places to No. 25, Matthew Burgess (Confessions of a Bible Junkie) charged up 110 places to No. 32, and Greek biblioblogger Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni (Ιστολόγιο βιβλικών σπουδών / Biblical Studies Blog) rose 125 places to No. 34. In addition, debutants CD-Host (Church Discipline, No. 19) and Stephen Smuts (Biblical Paths, No. 29) made strong entries into the Top 50.

For the first time this month, we have published the available rankings (across all blogs and sites on the internet) for all of the blogs on the Complete List of Biblioblogs.  So here’s the Top 50 Biblioblogs, and runners-up, for July 2009:

Rank Prev. + / – Blogger Blog Name Ranking
1 1 – Jim West Jim West 114,222
2 2 – Joel L. Watts The Church of Jesus Christ 192,855
3 11 8 V. Henry T. Nguyen Punctuated Life 264,435
4 15 11 Peter M. Lopez  Beauty of the Bible 439,399
5 3 -2 Neil Godfrey Vridar 472,776
6 5 -1 Mandy and Calvin Park The Floppy Hat 481,931
7 16 9 Various Biblioblog Top 50 504,384
8 38 30 Dave Black Dave Black Online 512,505
9 4 -5 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 556,899
10 13 3 Mark Goodacre  NT Blog 566,571
11 46 35 Mike Whitenton Ecce Homo 624,674
12 6 -6 Daniel and Tonya Hebrew and Greek Reader 633,749
13 10 -3 Airton José da Silva Observatório Bíblico 646,741
14 50 36 ElShaddai Edwards He Is Sufficient 648,364
15 22 7 Doug Chaplin Clay Boy 679,369
16 7 -9 John Hobbins Ancient Hebrew Poetry 681,447
17 18 1 Nick Norelli  Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
 691,265
18 12 -6 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 692,107
19 – – CD-Host  Church Discipline 718,069
20 132 112 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 773,979
21 40 19 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 780,560
22 19 -3 Tyler F. Williams Codex 817,012
23 33 10 John Anderson Hesed we ’emet 834,217
24 17 -7 Chris Heard Higgaion 852,305
25 111 86 Robert C. Kashow Tolle Lege! 936,941
26 20 -6 Claude Mariottini Claude Mariottini 942,160
27 75 48 John Crawford, et al Faith-Promoting Rumor 947,175
28 25 -3 Tommy Wasserman, et al Evangelical Textual Criticism 970,372
29 – – Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 979,122
30 26 -4 Michael S. Heiser The Naked Bible, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Scribal Practices, Two Powers in Heaven
 989,413
31 14 -17 Jim Getz Ketuvim 997,947
32 142 110 Matthew Burgess Confessions of a Bible Junkie 1,042,096
33 42 9 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 1,078,863
34 159 125 Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni Ιστολόγιο βιβλικών σπουδών / Biblical Studies Blog  1,080,260
35 35 – Ken Brown C. Orthodoxy 1,095,574
36 44 8 Antonio Lombatti Pseudoscienze cristiane antiche e medievali 1,126,916
37 37 – Peter J. Leithart Leithart.com 1,156,443
38 23 -15 Chris Tilling Chrisendom 1,158,788
39 103 64 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 1,164,492
40 30 -10 Roland Boer Stalin’s Moustache 1,196,176
41 92 51 Pat McCullough Kata ta biblia 1,196,226
42 9 -33 Thomas Verenna The Musings of Thomas Verenna 1,231,847
43 49 6 Jim Davila PaleoJudaica 1,232,523
44 71 27 Daniel Kirk  Sibboleth 1,275,254
45 – – Steve A. Wiggins Sects and  Violence in the Ancient World 1,319,549
46 39 -7 Brian Fulthrop συνεσταυρωμαι: Living The Crucified Life 1,327,876
47 24 -23 Andy Naselli Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology 1,336,735
48 53 5 Phil Harland Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean 1,345,719
49 144 95 Jason Eis Doxan 1,353,916
50 59 9 Suzanne McCarthy Suzanne’s Bookshelf 1,365,794
51 148 97 Matt Evans Broadcast Depth 1,491,324
52 47 -5 Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion 1,528,397
53 79 26 Loren Rosson The Busybody 1,608,398
54 – – A K M Adam AKMA’s Random Thoughts 1,650,198
55 – – Aaron Rathburn Theology & Culture 1,678,152
56 67 11 Bill Mounce  Bill Mounce . com  1,690,220
57 88 31 Sheffield PhDer Metalepsis 1,718,263
58 169 111 Josh  Mann For the Sake of Truth 1,727,530
59 90 31 Ben Byerly Ben Byerly 1,735,021
60 89 29 Nijay K. Gupta Nijay K. Gupta 1,742,095
61 70 9 Michael W. Halcomb Pisteuomen 1,744,048
62 51 -11 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 1,783,430
63 28 -35 Chris Brady Targuman 1,797,778
64 29 -35 Rachel Barenblat Velveteen Rabbi 1,820,834
65 58 -7 Julia M. O’Brien Julia M. O’Brien 1,840,797
66 86 20 Kevin Scull Paul of Tarsus 1,846,657
67 32 -35 April DeConick Forbidden Gospels Blog  1,885,371
68 31 -37 Mike Aubrey ἐν ἐφέσῳ / In Ephesus 1,916,569
69 63 -6 Charles Halton Awilum 1,953,286
70 95 25 Duane Smith Abnormal Interests 1,955,857
71 77 6 Rick Brannan Ricoblog 1,959,159
72 122 50 James Tabor Tabor Blog 2,017,525
73 100 27 Ken Schenck Quadrilateral Thoughts 2,030,636
74 45 -29 Adam Couturier Mishlei Adam / משלי אדם 2,034,749
75 235 160 G. Brooke Lester Anumma 2,083,794
76 65 -11 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre Singing in the Reign 2,098,802
77 56 -21 John Hobbins, et al Bibbiablog 2,099,908
78 55 -23 Bryan Bibb Hevel.org: A Chasing after Wind 2,099,908
79 82 3 James Crossley Earliest Christian History 2,102,793
80 149 69 Michael J. Gorman Cross Talk 2,108,342
81 54 -27 DLC Balashon 2,133,207
82 – – Emanuel Pfoh, et al European Association of Biblical Studies 2,215,583
83 72 -11 Tim Ricchuiti If I Were a Bell I’d Ring 2,223,505
84 196 112 Kevin Sam  New Epistles 2,274,196
85 60 -25 Jim Darlack Old in the New 2,275,305
86 21 -65 Douglas Mangum Biblia Hebraica 2,276,073
87 – – Jim Linville Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room 2,278,603
88 73 -15 Matt Page Bible Films Blog 2,283,556
89 178 89 Michael Thompson Grasshoppers dreaming  2,299,529
90 27 -63 Rod Decker NT Resources Blog 2,326,547
91 98 7 Brandon Wason, John Hobbins Biblioblogs 2,337,357
92 43 -49 Art Boulet Finitum Non Capax Infiniti 2,348,366
93 36 -57 David Ker, et al Better Bibles Blog 2,387,665
94 112 18 Jimmy Doyle jkdoyle.com 2,423,219
95 204 109 Barry Bandstra  biblicaltext dot org 2,439,566
96 118 22 Daniel J. Doleys Text, Community & Mission 2,444,741
97 87 -10 Renita J. Weems Something Within.com 2,469,895
98 99 1 Stephen C. Carlson Hypotyposeis 2,566,121
99 126 27 David M. Miller  Ger Vatoshav 2,584,335
100 41 -59 Andreas Kostenberger Biblical Foundations 2,687,729
101 104 3 Mike Koke  The Golden Rule  2,712,739
102 182 80 Steve Runge NT Discourse 2,731,950
103 85 -18 Darrell Pursiful Dr. Platypus 2,734,755
104 61 -43 Andrew Bernhard Gospels.net 2,778,066
105 84 -21 Esteban Vázquez  Voice of Stefan 2,866,969
106 131 25 David Ashford Bite My Bible 2,876,934
107 128 21 Matthew R. Malcolm Crypto-Theology 2,896,067
108 48 -60 Peter Enns Peter Enns 2,898,977
109 133 24 Nathan Stitt Discipulus Scripturae 2,928,618
110 102 -8 Celucien L. Joseph  Christ, My Righteousness 2,947,069
111 94 -17 J. P. van de Giessen  Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel  2,963,563
112 78 -34 Michael Pitkowsky  Menachem Mendel 3,006,293
113 136 23 Rodney A. Thomas Political Jesus 3,109,076
114 62 -52 Jared Calaway  Antiquitopia  3,126,657
115 57 -58 Alan Lenzi Bible and Ancient Near East 3,185,333
116 115 -1 James Pate James’ Thoughts and Musings
 3,236,542
117 192 75 Mark DeVries Awakening 3,283,854
118 153 35 Alan Bandy Café Apocalypsis 3,295,591
119 116 -3 Cláudia Andréa Prata Ferreira  Estudos Bíblicos 3,374,139
120 175 55 Deirdre Good  On Not Being a Sausage  3,382,602
121 141 20 David Ritsema New Testament Studies Blog 3,386,509
122 52 -70 Chuck Grantham A ‘Goula Blogger 3,429,351
123 134 11 Michael Carden Jottings 3,492,937
124 – – Stephen Huller Stephan Huller’s observations 3,565,482
125 107 -18 Damian Caruana Castle of Nutshells
 3,629,923
126 137 11 David J. Larsen Heavenly Ascents 3,695,575
127 81 -46 Chris Zeichmann, et al Thoughts on Antiquity 3,730,301
128 127 -1 Manuel Rojas Estudios Bíblicos  3,798,205
129 120 -9 Rob Bradshaw Biblical Studies 3,933,506
130 135 5 Danny Zacharias  Deinde 3,948,226
131 74 -57 Peter Bekins בלשנות / Balshanut 4,135,128
132 151 19 Bryan L The Art of Procrastination 4,144,698
133 228 95 Bob MacDonald Bob’s Log 4,237,621
134 83 -51 Ben Blackwell Dunelm Road 4,305,782
135 216 81 Helen Ingram The Omega Course  4,396,379
136 110 -26 Mark Goodacre  NT Pod  4,410,205
137 206 69 Jon S The Theological Ramblings of an Anglican Ordinand 4,419,525
138 91 -47 David Stark New Testament Interpretation 4,439,661
139 93 -46 Edward Cook Ralph the Sacred River 4,439,811
140 123 -17 Bryan Lilly ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΑΙΣ / Katagraphais 4,570,469
141 161 20 Stephen L. Cook Biblische Ausbildung 4,583,063
142 241 99 Michael Metts Michael Metts 4,584,432
143 170 27 Eric B. Sowell Archaic Christianity 4,814,393
144 162 18 Greg Carey NTGeeks 4,919,552
145 184 39 Michael Helfield  Toshunka 5,025,534
146 106 -40 Cláudia Andréa Prata Ferreira  Língua Hebraica  5,100,636
147 – – David P. Melvin בית דוד / byt dwd  5,114,212
148 181 33 Judy Redman Judy’s research blog 5,122,630
149 130 -19 J. C. Baker J. C. Baker 5,166,154
150 147 -3 Stephen Hebert Withering Fig 5,177,995
151 – – J. Brian Tucker Identity Formation in the New Testament 5,213,352
152 121 -31 Rick Brannan  Pastoral Epistles 5,312,447
153 243 90 Ruth P. Martin The Pioneers’ New Testament 5,335,221
154 224 70 Bob MacDonald Sufficiency 5,339,826
155 191 36 C. Jay Crisostomo  mu-pàd-da 5,480,735
156 145 -11 Charles Savelle  Bible X 5,513,471
157 – – Matt Harmon Biblical Theology 5,537,059
158 96 -62 Anon Dilettante Hobby Horse Biblioblog 5,609,437
159 198 39 Theophyle Theophyle’s English Blog 5,706,787
160 101 -59 Phillip Marshall Biblical Languages 5,795,058
161 109 -52 Frank Bellizzi  Frankly Speaking 5,800,256
162 156 -6 Rafael  Verily, Verily 5,926,353
163 210 47 Torrey Seland Philonica et Neotestamentica 6,160,280
164 113 -51 David Hymes Hebrew Scriptures and More … 6,258,873
165 185 20 The Hyrax Holy Hyrax 6,294,690
166 146 -20 Stefan Green  Exegetisk Teologi  6,503,255
167 80 -87 Johannes Weiss The Apocalyptic Blog 6,941,350
168 108 -60 Matthew D. Montonini  New Testament Perspectives 6,996,155
169 139 -30 Thomas   Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians 7,198,104
170 76 -94 James Tabor The Jesus Dynasty 7,365,464
171 97 -74 Phil Sumpter Narrative and Ontology 7,439,844
172 154 -18 Levi Blah Blah Blah 7,597,205
NA 125 NA Timothy McCormick    Catholic Bibles 7,810,846
174 129 -45 Tony Siew Revelation is Real 7,810,846
175 207 32 Chip Hardy Daily Hebrew 7,994,230
176 183 7 Martin Shields Shields Up 8,170,759
177 138 -39 Perng Shyang Teng  Unworthy Sinner 8,214,218
178 114 -64 Benjamin TorahBlogga 8,569,715
179 117 -62 Josh McManaway  Son of the Fathers 8,645,341
180 220 40 Flávio Souza, et al Ad Cummulus 8,735,104
181 173 -8 Michael Samuel Rabbi Michael Samuel 8,897,573
182 69 -113 Karyn Traphagen  Boulders 2 Bits 9,029,529
183 199 16 J R Coffer A Cruz de Clio 9,340,279
184 124 -60 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 9,369,080
185 150 -35 Andrew Rozalowsky  A Living Sacrifice 9,414,322
186 152 -34 Ian Millington New Testament Math 9,455,375
187 168 -19 Various The Guild of Biblical Minimalists 9,500,551
188 171 -17 Bill Heroman Bible/History Blog 9,619,199
189 – – Klaas Spronk Klaas Spronk’s Weblog 9,628,369
190 166 -24 Rich S  An Exegete Reflects 9,876,014
191 165 -26 Julio Cesar Chaves  Apocrypha Gnostica 10,155,703
192 158 -34 Richard Sherrat  תהלים / Tehilim 10,605,169
193 177 -16 Tony Burke Apocryphicity 10,659,005
194 218 24 James McGrath The Burial of Jesus 10,708,894
195 143 -52 Various Christian Feminism 10,710,517
196 180 -16 Patrick Woods So Much For Straw 10,729,517
197 105 -92 Steve Rives Jesus, Archaeology, Theology and the Bible 10,944,854
198 193 -5 Mike Fox Fox’s Wanderings 10,977,649
199 119 -80 David Bokovoy David Bokovoy 11,011,265
200 140 -60 Jeffrey García  חלק טוב: Helek Tov 11,035,155
201 221 20 Brian Small  Polumeros kai Polutropos  11,502,443
202 223 21 Richard Sherrat YHWH Melek / יהוה מלך 11,668,563
203 66 -137 Sean and Eddie Primal Subversion  11,917,715
204 – – Timo S. Paananen  Salainen evankelista  11,938,214
205 189 -16 Mark Alterman Biblical Research 12,003,687
206 179 -27 Megan Rohrer  Transcript 12,037,006
207 34 -173 J. K. Gayle Aristotle’s Feminist Subject 12,042,152
208 172 -36  P. W. Dunn, Jeremy Barrier, Annette Merz, Cathy Dunn Acta Pauli 12,146,821
209 194 -15 Matthew Lanser Havel Havalim 12,231,281
210 186 -24 Karl Möller Biblical Studies Notebook (BSN) 12,934,222
211 195 -16 Clifford Kvidahl  Theological Musings 13,416,730
212 202 -10 Matthew Barnes  In the Corner with Matt  13,627,529
213 163 -50 Jacobo Jovan Payes Biblical Faith 13,646,326
214 187 -27 Lisa, White Bear Girl aka Sophie Clucker  Bible Study Connection 13,659,133
215 203 -12 Jin Yang Kim  Old Testament Story 13,729,180
216 174 -42 Marvin Lance Wiser  Stories of Expatriation & Maturation 13,964,241
217 197 -20 Anthony Loke Old testament passion  14,318,817
218 200 -18 Jane Stranz  Of life, laughter and liturgy . . . 14,688,788
219 155 -64 Simon Holloway  Davar Akher / דבר אחר 14,797,426
220 157 -63 Leo Quix The Quixotic Infidel 14,908,920
221 217 -4 Michael L. Satlow Michael L. Satlow – Blog and Podcasts 15,209,004
222 212 -10 Ardel Caneday  Biblia Theologia 15,248,708
223 238 15 John Brentlinger  RevJohn 15,414,613
224 201 -23 Luciano Costa Veritas Omnia Vincit 15,559,194
225 160 -65 J. K. Gayle The WOMBman’s Bible  15,733,422
226 188 -38 Alan Lenzi, ed. Biblical Scholars and Personal Religion 16,414,144
227 167 -60 Jesse Griffin OT Prof 17,493,589
228 190 -38 Lao Shi (Jennifer ) Chiou 邱老師網誌
Chioulaoshi Blog		 17,759,297
229 211 -18 D. Christopher Spinks katagrapho 17,820,026
230 – – Gary Manning  Eutychus  20,638,862
231 214 -17 Elisée Ouoba,  P. W. Dunn, Moussa Bongoyok, Richard Houmegni, Abel Ngarsoulede, Cathy Dunn Palabre 22,368,600
232 205 -27 Tim Lewis  Source Theory  23,727,099
NA NA NA Jan Krans, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Arie Zwiep, Martin de Boer  Amsterdam NT Weblog NA
NA NA NA Maer dos Santos Ancient Wisdom Today NA
NA NA NA Årstein Justnes Årstein Justnes’ Blogg NA
NA NA NA Simon Woodman  Baptist Bookworm NA
NA NA NA Ben Witherington Ben Witherington on the Bible and Culture NA
NA NA NA Antony Billington Billington’s Blog NA
NA NA NA Darrell Bock Bock’s Blog NA
NA NA NA Mark Waterman Comments by Dr Marks NA
NA NA NA Altair  Depósito Teológico NA
NA NA NA Richard H. Anderson Dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos NA
NA NA NA Dorothy Peters Dorothy Peters’ Trinity Western University Faculty Blog NA
NA NA NA Various Eksegeettinen safari  NA
NA NA NA Nevada Epiginoskein  NA
NA NA NA Benjamin Shaw Gptsrabbi  NA
NA NA NA Drew Strait Heilsgeschichte NA
NA NA NA Rob G. Reid Jesus and Empire: A Postcolonial Perspective NA
NA NA NA Brenda Heyink Joining in the Conversation NA
NA NA NA Ben Kilbabo NA
NA NA NA Peter M. Head  Letter Carriers and the Pauline Tradition NA
NA NA NA McClellan Maklelan  NA
NA NA NA Bob MacDonald Matthew NA
NA NA NA Michael Langlois Michael Langlois NA
NA NA NA Morten Beckmann Klepp Mortens blogg NA
NA NA NA Craig Blomberg New Testament Musings NA
NA NA NA Mark Goodacre  NT Gateway NA
NA NA NA Morten Beckmann Klepp and Årstein Justnes Nytestamentlig fagforum NA
NA NA NA Søren Holst  Pergament NA
NA NA NA Craig Blomberg, et al Prime Time Jesus NA
NA NA NA Anders Aschim Qumran.no NA
NA NA NA Brett Berger, et al Readmordedpeepl NA
NA NA NA Robert Hulme RobHu studies the Bible  NA
NA NA NA James M. Kennedy Seek and Read NA
NA NA NA Jerry A., Seth L. Sanders Serving the Word  NA
NA NA NA John Ottens Speculative Hermeneutics NA
NA NA NA Paul L. Beisel  Spiritus Gladius NA
NA NA NA Richard Sherrat Tetrateuch NA
NA NA NA Vlad Text and Theology NA
NA NA NA Leon Zitzer The Historical Jesus NA
NA NA NA Michael Burer The Thinking Professor NA
NA NA NA Rick Mansfield This Lamp NA
NA NA NA Андрей Орлов (Andrei Orlov) Андрей Орлов’s Journal NA

There is some technical information about how the stats are calculated on the Technical Bits page.

22 thoughts on “Biblioblog Top 50 – July 2009”

  2. Thanks for including more blogs. Seeing your inclusion of my blog, I checked it out against Alexa and it appears severely out of place (if I understand your method correctly). My guess is you desire these sorts of things to be pointed out. No worries.

  3. Sorry Josh, and thank you for pointing it out. We’re not quite sure what happened there, but we’ve corrected your ranking.

  14. Matt, Yeah, we’ve got you pegged as mainly a homiletic/practice blog, rather than one that’s primarily addressing biblical studies.

    Thank you for your thanks.

  17. I guess its a sign of the lack of motivation that has dogged me most of my life that I am utterly overjoyed at my ranking 124th in this list. The whole process began when I was utterly shocked when – after stumbling upon a widget on another site – I found out I had any readership at all.

    My blog actually only became functional a little over a month ago when AOL wouldn’t allow me to continue using my account until I deleted some of the 14,000 messages I had never erased in my inbox. I only saved the one’s which represented correspondences between myself and same notable professors I know.

    That’s how the blog got started. I was too lazy and too stupid to figure out how to save these messages on CD or one of those little sticks you plug into your computer to save things so I just started using a Blogger account. The next thing you know I found our I have 4,000 page views to that account in a month.

    Anyway, here’s to the virtues of being lazy and stupid ..

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