Technical bits
A blog is included in the rankings if it contains substantial content related to biblical studies or closely related fields, evidences a scholarly approach to biblical studies (not requiring academic qualifications, but excluding blogs with mainly homiletic or devotional content, unscholarly approaches, or a primarily theological focus), and is currently active and posting.
Ranking is based on information supplied by Alexa for the current month. Blogs are ordered by the monthly traffic rankings provided by Alexa, a website which provides traffic rankings for each website or blog. In the occasional event that only the 3-monthly results are available in any particular month (not the monthly results), we will use the 3-monthly results as a proxy for the monthly results.
The rankings only include standalone biblioblogs, not blogs which are a minor part of a larger website. Websites which feature ‘inhouse bloggers’ are not included on the Top 50, because their popularity is more a reflection of the larger website. Where the blog is central to the website, this has been included in the rankings without making any adjustments to prorate results. But where the blog is incidental to the main website (e.g. faculty blogs, Beliefnet blogs, bible.org), the results have been omitted entirely. For similar reasons, blogs which are associated with commercial purposes or publishers have been excluded from the rankings. Such blogs are still listed here, just not ranked.
If you think a blog should have been included, but hasn’t, please note the blog’s URL, name, and the blog authors’ names in the comments below, or email to biblioblogtop50 [at] yahoo [dot] com . However, please first check to see if it appears on the Biblioblogs page.
In Biblical Studies the ability to write meaningful pieces that only you and, maybe, one other person in the world understand is the zenith of achievement. The Biblioblog Top 50 is thus no indication of the worth or otherwise of the blogs involved. As Jesus the Galilean once said, “Οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι”.
The Biblioblog Logo:
The Biblioblog logo was selected from some of the languages and symbols used in biblical studies:
B – Coptic Beta
I – Ugaritic Alpa (i)
B – Greek capital Beta
L – Syriac Lamed
I – Egyptian Yod
O – Hebrew Ayin (Siloam Tunnel inscription, late 8th century B.C.E)
B – Greek lower case Beta
L – Hebrew Lamed (Siloam Tunnel inscription, late 8th century B.C.E)
O – Proto-Sinaitic Vav (ca. 1500 B.C.E.)
G – Symbol for Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible
Dr. Platypus » Blog Archive » Biblical Studies Carnival XXXIX said
[...] hosted. There is also now a new home for the Biblioblog Top 50. I’d tell you the name of the group responsible, but I’m afraid it would overload my [...]
dan said
http://danbeasy.blogspot.com/
heirswithchrist said
http://heirswithchrist.wordpress.com
danielandtonya said
Thanks for a full explanation of the logo!
Biblioblog Top 50 - March 2009 « The Biblioblog Top 50 said
[...] About [...]
Jimmy Doyle said
To the honorable hosts
I am very humbled by my site’s mere mention among the top 180-something biblioblogs. I didn’t know how to contact anyone directly, so I’ll just post this info here (as I know everyone must be concerned about the lack of comprehensive information in regard to my blog). My site’s direct blog address is http://www.jkdoyle.com/blog/ (those going straight to jkdoyle.com will have to follow a link). My info is that I’m a MTS student at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Please note the sarcasm intended in much of the previous content of this comment.
Also please feel free to delete this in its entirety.
Jimmy Doyle
Michael said
CORRECTION: Charles Savelle Garland’s blog, Bible X, should be read Charles Savelle (no “Garland,” he’s lives in Garland, TX). He’s a professor of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary.
biblioblogtop50 said
Thanks, Michael!
Biblioblog Top 50 - April 2009 « The Biblioblog Top 50 said
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Nerdlets Makes the Biblioblog List | Nerdlets said
[...] month Biblioblog posts the Top 50 BiblioBlogs based on their specified constraints. A blog is included in the rankings if it contains substantial content related to biblical studies [...]
Sae said
Not sure whether my blog is a ‘Biblioblog’ so I’ll leave it up to your discretion – but here is the link http://reflectivepraxis.wordpress.com
chilimac02 said
I think I fit the criteria… Though I suppose you are the judge.
http://www.otecology.com
Old Testament Ecology
Justin Allison
Tim Davy said
Hi,
My blog, ‘Bible and Mission’, looks at the Bible from a mission perspective and vice versa. I trust it fits your criteria?
http://bibleandmission.wordpress.com/
Many thanks,
Tim Davy, Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Redcliffe College, Centre for Mission Training, Gloucester, UK
Jim West Attacked « Tolle Lege! said
[...] in referring to West’s blog, BB Top 50 in the ‘technical bits’ section [...]
Whiners, the Lot of Them | The Church of Jesus Christ said
[...] of the best biblioblogs out there should read the disclaimer in the last paragraph of the Technical Bits page, which has been there since October 2008. As has been pointed out by others, any attempt to [...]
Stephen Smuts said
Biblical Archaeology… http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/
biblioblogtop50 said
You’re added, Stephen. Thank you for submitting your blog.
reed said
http://www.theophiliacs.com
We have various authors and thus the blog includes a variety of topics. However, most of us are interested primarily in academics. Our qualifications can be found here: http://theophiliacs.com/about/
examples of recent “scholarly” posts:
http://theophiliacs.com/2009/08/02/the-emerging-nt-canon-inspiration-and-the-inner-cannon-bias-part-ii/
http://theophiliacs.com/2008/12/28/what-is-it-good-for-nonviolence-in-a-violent-world-part-iii/
http://theophiliacs.com/2009/07/29/wallace-and-the-hypostatic-union-part-iii/
http://theophiliacs.com/2009/07/28/a-theology-of-the-bible/
What Exactly Is A Biblioblog? | Scripture Zealot said
[...] the Technical Bits page it states, A blog is included in the rankings if it contains substantial content related to [...]
Len Ciciarelli said
Please add my site, if you are willing.
Thanks You
mondaymorningreview said
Please consider “Monday Morning Review” by Eric von Atzigen as a listing among your biblioblogs. It is primarily a Monday refection of my Sunday morning message, but it often includes in depth Biblical word studies. You can find it at http://www.mondaymorningreview.wordpress.com.
Rachel said
Please consider Re vis.e re form
Thanks
Gentle Wisdom » Should I apply to become a biblioblogger? said
[...] they have been linked with biblical interpretation. I think I would also qualify according to the top 50 biblioblogs blog’s own criteria: A blog is included in the rankings if it contains substantial content related to biblical studies [...]
Eric said
Hi I would like to submit my new blog for consideration. I am a recent graduate of TWU (Master of Theological Studies in NT, 2009) and have started a blog discussing Narrative Criticism, NT Studies, Markan Studies, Biblical Studies, some theology, and Greek or other items of interest. Thanks, Eric F.
Colin Toffelmire said
Hey Jim and minions, just letting you know my blog has moved to a new site. Random Colin is now at http://www.randomcolin.wordpress.com. Also, you’ve got me filed under NT/Early Christianity, HB/OT or theoblogs would probably work better. Cheers.
Biblioblog Top 50 minions said
Thank you, Colin. We will change that on the next update.
Biblioblog Top 50 – September 2009 « The Biblioblog Top 50 said
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Dr. Jim said
Hi.
I just notices that WordPress has a new widget that will make adding images (and linked images) to sidebars really easy. It is often a struggle copying and pasting codes into text boxes since WP adds a mess of extra quotation marks. The new widget, which should appear automatically in ones list of available goodies in the “Appearance / widget tab” is called “Image”. Drag it to the sidebar menu, open it up and just add the image’s URL, save it and there you are. No fuss.
Hope this helps,
Jim L.
Jim said
yes it’s quite useful!
mattdabbs said
To update your list, I have an M.Div. from Harding Graduate School of Religion
Thanks for all your hard work. Matt Dabbs – Kingdom Living.
Madeleine Flannagan said
http://www.mandm.org.nz
MandM
Matthew Flannagan (PhD in Theology)
Madeleine Flannagan