The Burial of Jesus: Second Edition Published!

I am happy to finally be able to announce that the second edition of my book The Burial of Jesus: What Does History Have to Do with Faith? has now been released by Patheos Press and is now available for purchase in Kindle format on Amazon.com.

Versions in Nook and iBooks format are planned for the near future.

 The price on Amazon.com is $2.99, and this is indeed a revised and improved edition, and so even if you previously purchased the first edition of The Burial of Jesus you will presumably still have an interest in this one.

 I'll be getting in touch with some other bloggers about reviewing the book, and there will be some op-eds and videos that I'll be writing/recording in the coming days and weeks, on topics that the book touches on. If you are a blogger interested in the possibility of reviewing the book, do get in touch via e-mail or some other means of private messaging to indicate your interest, and let me know your daily pageview statistics.

Articles of Related Interest

Two articles by me of related interest have been published in The Bible and Interpretation. One, on the burial of Jesus and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, is based on material from The Burial of Jesus. The other, on the ending of Mark's Gospel, is also relevant to the subject of that book.

Coming Soon: "Burial of Jesus" in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception

When the relevant volume of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception becomes available in the not-too-distant future, part of the article on "Burial of Jesus" was contributed by me. I have not read the other sections of the article, and so am looking forward to reading them, in addition to having my own contribution made available.

Triangulations On The Burial of Jesus

Sabio Lantz has begun blogging through The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith - for which I am very grateful!

He has created a start page for the review, and will link to individual posts reflecting on the book as he reads through it. The first substantive post is called McGrath's Faith.

If you've never visited Sabio's blog Triangulations before, be sure not to miss the list of ingredients in the sidebar!

Spirit Cry review

Cameron Horsburgh at the Spirit Cry blog has written a review of The Burial of Jesus.

Dead and Buried

John Shuck has kindly offered a short review of my book, The Burial of Jesus, over on his blog. What more appropriate day could there be for this than today?

The Clever Badger on The Burial of Jesus

An extended review of The Burial of Jesus has been posted at The Clever Badger blog. Do take a look!

The Burial of Jesus: Now Available Through Eisenbrauns

The book has been listed on Eisenbrauns.

The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith
by James F. McGrath
BookSurge, 2008
142 pages, English
Paper
ISBN: 9781439210178
Your Price: $0.00
www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~MCGBURIAL

An Excellent Starting Point

There's a new review of The Burial of Jesus by J. A. Kidwell posted on Amazon.com.

Black Belt Librarian

Brad Matthies carries his discussion of my book a step further at his new blog, Black Belt Librarian.

Amazon Top 100

The Burial of Jesus made it into the top 100 on Amazon today, hitting #76 in the category
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Reference > Criticism & Interpretation > New Testament

Review by Nelson Moore on Chrisendom

Nelson Moore has done a guest post on Chris Tilling's blog Chrisendom, a review of The Burial of Jesus. Do take a look! I'll just share his conclusion here, but the whole review provides a nice summary of the book's key points.

"The Burial of Jesus by James McGrath is definitely worth purchasing and reading. For those unfamiliar with how historical work is done in Christian academic contexts, McGrath provides a wonderful primer. If you are a biblical scholar, you may find this book very valuable as a resource to share with friends or students who are looking to understand historical scholarship. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this work."

Comparing Prices

The Burial of Jesus is available through a number of online stores, and using services such as BookFinder4U in the United States, or GetTextbooks in the UK, it is possible to compare prices. Assuming one will be paying for shipping, eCampus has the best price at the moment, but if you purchase $25 or more on Amazon you can avoid paying shipping, and that often works out better.

Lunchtime Discussion at Butler University October 22nd

Pizza Lunch Discussion

Wednesday, October 22nd, 12:00 – 2:00, Jordan Hall 340,

Butler University

What is the relationship between history and faith?
In the rush to get from the story of the crucifixion to the story of the resurrection, have readers tended to miss some important details about what happened in between?
Has contemporary American Christianity become too focused on the afterlife?

Come join us for a discussion of these and other subjects touched on in the new book The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith (BookSurge, 2008) written by Dr. James F. McGrath, associate professor of religion at Butler University.

Dr. McGrath has a limited number of copies available for those wishing to read the book before the discussion. Copies are available for $10 each from Dr. McGrath or $12.99 each on Amazon.com.

Pizza and other refreshments will be provided.

New Review on Amazon

There is now another review of The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith on Amazon. I invite you to take a look, and once you've read the book, I hope you'll post your own review there!

The Center for Progressive Christianity

The Center for Progressive Christianity has highlighted The Burial of Jesus. It also has a place where you can submit reviews.

Now in Worldcat

Thanks to Butler University's quick acquisition of a copy of the book, it is now in Worldcat, which will facilitate its incorporation into the catalogues of any other libraries that acquire a copy, as well as people looking to get it via interlibrary loan.

Don't Leave Out The British

At present, The Burial of Jesus has two reviews on Amazon.com but none on Amazon.co.uk. If you've yet to write a review, or have already put one together, please do consider posting it on amazon.co.uk as well!

First Amazon Review

My book The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith has received its first review on amazon.com. The review is in mediocre English and gives the book a mediocre rating. :-)

I'm still waiting for copies from the publisher to send to a few people who asked for review copies, as well as to some journals and RBL.

You can now search inside the book at amazon.co.uk, but their keyword search feature doesn't seem to be working yet. The one at amazon.com is working now, however, and so you can see what my book says about your favorite topic!

On Friday I'll be talking about the subject of the book at a student-faculty discussion forum at the University of Indianapolis.

Search Inside

Although the actual keyword search does not appear to work yet as of my posting this, my book The Burial of Jesus is now part of the Search Inside program, which means that you can see the book from cover to cover and browse it before making a decision about whether to buy it, recommend it to friends, or whatever else.

Take a look. You know you want to!