BiblioBlog Rankings (by Alexa) – April 2011

Here are your rankings for the month of April:

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	70214
2	Joel L. Watts	Unsettled Christianity	72665
3	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	139095
4	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	153672
5	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	155353
6	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	157409
7	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	179712
8	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	196246
9	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	201192
10	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	211248
11	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	217721
12	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	226748
13	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	245741
14	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	247862
15	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	257264
16	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	266748
17	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	277342
18	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	303217
19	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley, and Amanda Mac	Political Jesus	313339
20	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	374770
21	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	376770
22	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	386471
23	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	407139
24	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	422988
25	Jim Davila	PaleoJudaica	437600
26	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	460311
27	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	486112
28	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	533084
29	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	540658
30	Deane Galbraith	Remnant of Giants	548614
31	Michael S. Heiser	Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive	551050
32	Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts	ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion	557023
33	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	572481
34	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	589353
35	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	601033
36	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	619701
37	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	623529
38	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	675216
39	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	683639
40	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	706818
41	Tommy Wasserman, et al	Evangelical Textual Criticism	713225
42	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	714533
43	Mark Goodacre	NT Gateway	714711
44	Ari	Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness	784492
45	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	808727
46	Darrell Pursiful	Dr. Platypus	831372
47	Peter Kirk	Gentle Wisdom	832891
48	Matt Dabbs	Kingdom Living	854213
49	Brandon Wason	Sitz im Leben	891347
50	Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al	KJV Only Debate	898419

Steve Caruso – The Biblioblog Reference Library

Steve Caruso

As announced recently, Steve Caruso is currently developing The Biblioblog Reference Library – which is now up and running, and looks like a fantastic hub for all blogging on biblical studies. The Biblioblog Reference Library contains a feed to all biblical studies blogs, based on The Complete List of Biblioblogs, as well as feature articles, posts by topic, and much more to come.

The Biblioblog Top 50 is also pleased to announce that Steve Caruso will be maintaining The Complete List of Biblioblogs, taking over from N.T. Wrong, who we understand has retired to a gated community somewhere in California.

So, if you want to be added to The Complete List of Biblioblogs, send an email to Steve, letting him know your name or screen-name, the blog name, its URL, and the category into which you think it should be listed on The Complete List of Biblioblogs:

BibBlogRefLib [at] gmail.com

Welcome to the team, Steve! And thank you for all your work in the past, N.T. Wrong, and happy retirement!

Some New Biblioblogs

Here are a few biblioblogs we’ve added to the Complete List of Biblioblogs, over the last couple of weeks, which you simply must read:

Ian Paul	Psephizo…It all adds up
Mrs. Rey	Reys, The
Kay Bonikowsky	Happy Surprise
Steve Caruso	The Aramaic Blog
Rebekah Devine	Primary Word, The
Gustavo Karakey	PhD & Dissertation Advice

Ian Paul at Psephizo is an Anglican minister with an interest in Revelation, metaphor, Ricoeur, John, James, and the letters of Paul. Mrs. Rey is a graduate student in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Gordon Conwell. Kay Bonikowsky of Happy Surprise has been blogging recently about women in biblical texts. Steve Caruso of The Aramaic Blog has long entertained us with his exposure of contemporary misuse of Aramaic, but now expands his blog to look more generally at biblical studies, with some recent examinations of the infamous lead codices. Rebekah Devine of The Primary Word is doing Masters work at the interface of biblical studies and the arts at the University of St. Andrews, and has an interest in critical biblical scholarship, philosophies of education, Great Books programs, ancient Near Eastern religion, and the poetry of T.S. Eliot and Wendell Berry. Gustavo Karakey offers PhD & Dissertation Advice as he completes his own linguistic/literary study of the Miletus Speech (Acts 20:17-38) and 1 Peter 5:1-9.

The Biblioblog Top 50: Now accepting women!

Rod of Alexandria sends out an impassioned plea:

AN OPEN LETTER TO WOMEN WHO BLOG, WHO ARE IN SEMINARY/GRAD SCHOOL OR WHO JUST CARE ABOUT RELIGION,

To whom it may concern,

If you are a woman and are interested in theology, the Bible, religious studies, or anything related, no matter what the religious background, I invite you to consider joining the Biblioblogger community. It is quite easy to join us; all you have to do is:

“If you have a biblical studies or related blog which you wish to be added to the list, please email the URL, blog name, and blogger’s name to ntwrong[at]gmail.com.”

The Biblioblog rankings are just for fun, and there is no monetary prize, only bragging rights and noteriety…

(Rod of Alexandria, A CALL FOR WOMEN BLOGGERS: The Bibliobloggers… and here, too)

The Biblioblog Top 50 not only backs Rod of Alexandria in this endeavor, but will provide a personal reply – woman to woman – from legendary blogger of old, N.T. Wrong, to any woman who signs up in the current month. Not only that, but we dedicate this month to one of the great woman bloggers, April DeConick, and decree that this month will be hereafter known as “April” in biblioblogging circles. And yet, the Biblioblog Top 50 will go even further. We will also oppose those forces of systemic gender inequality that exist to marginalize (but not in a victimy way, ok, April) women in academia and in academic biblical studies. In solidarity with all those who are othered by the hegemonic centre, we call on all bibliobloggers to discontinue blogging about those institutions which defend the status quo, such as the Bible, the political system, the churches, biblical studies, and the Biblical Archaeology Review - until such time as the system crumbles and falls! Ok?

Oh My Goodness!!! Jim West Lost

Ok … So, I guess for an April Fools joke to work it has to have some kind of credibility, right?  Anyway, here are your March BiblioBlog rankings:

Rank	Blogger	Blog Name	Alexa Rank
1	Jim West	Zwinglius Redivivus	67430
2	Joel L. Watts	Unsettled Christianity	76709
3	Dan Wallace	Contra Mundane	142679
4	James McGrath	Exploring Our Matrix	146530
5	John Loftus	Debunking Christianity	150931
6	Brian LePort	Near Emmaus: Christ and Text	163558
7	Marc Cortez	Scientia et Sapientia	179079
8	Matthew and Madeleine	MandM	183633
9	Neil Godfrey	Vridar	216038
10	Airton José da Silva	Observatório Bíblico	217395
11	Todd Bolen	Bible Places	228030
12	J. R. Daniel Kirk	Storied Theology	231193
13	Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley	Political Jesus	240646
14	Jason Skipper	Pastoral Musings	248707
15	Thomas Verenna	Musings of Thomas Verenna, The	248731
16	Ferrell Jenkins	Ferrell’s Travel Blog	267262
17	Matthew Crowe	A Fistful of Farthings	322333
18	Doug Chaplin	Clay Boy	334402
19	Henry Neufeld	Participatory Bible Study Blog	340616
20	T.C. Robinson	New Leaven	350607
21	John Hobbins	Ancient Hebrew Poetry	382733
22	Bob Hayton	Fundamentally Reformed	390947
23	Glenn Peoples	Say Hello to my Little Friend	419832
24	Craig	Simul Iustus et Peccator	422219
25	Dave Black	Dave Black Online	451995
26	Tim Bulkeley	Sansblogue	454998
27	Jeremy Thompson	Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog	455342
28	Phillip Long	Reading Acts	457455
29	Scott Bailey	Scotteriology	515970
30	Jim Linville	Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room	518696
31	Mitchell Powell	Font Words	561445
32	Craig Blomberg	New Testament Musings	582568
33	Jason Skipper, et al	Re: Fundamentals	590832
34	Nick Norelli	Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	600539
35	Tim Bulkeley	5 Minute Bible	625097
36	Gavin Rumney	Otagosh	639477
37	Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma	Sacred Page, The	652898
38	Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al	KJV Only Debate	653972
39	Chris Terry	Walking in the Way of Christ	666259
40	Rachel Marszalek	Re-vis.e Re-form	666528
41	Jeff Oien	Scripture Zealot	706559
42	Bacho Bordjadze	Reading Isaiah	708497
43	Mark Goodacre	NT Blog	748596
44	Daniel O. McClellan	Maklelan	768193
45	Michael S. Heiser	Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive	794746
46	Justin Allison	Old Testament and Ecology	801256
47	Darrell Pursiful	Dr. Platypus	806214
48	Matthew R. Malcolm	Crypto-Theology	833470
49	Leo Quix	Quixotic Infidel, The	849733
50	Andy Naselli	Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology	863218