Posts tagged with "Biblioblog Top 50"

NT Wrong's Peeps and the New(ish) Home of the Blog Rankings

Well, whaddya know? Me and Daniel are NT Wrong’s peeps (Joel I wrote it like that on purpose, so don’t correct my English).

And, as you may have heard, the BiblioBlog rankings (by Alexa rank) are going back where they rightfully belong, the original BiblioBlog Top 50 website.

There’s very little that I will really say about that.  I originally took over the rankings here because I thought that site was closing up shop and because I thought it would be fun.  Now, the site is back up and running again.  So, I’m moving the rankings back over there where they will be posted alongside Daniel’s rankings by vote.

I’ve had fun doing the rankings here (which in the eyes of some may make me a bit of a villain).  I’ll continue to have fun doing them there under the all-seeing, watchful eye of Bishop Wrong, of course.

Outtie 5000

The Real December Biblioblog Rankings

Well, it’s been a crazy year in the history of biblioblogging.  We watched Jim West die and ascend into heaven only to return.  This allowed Joel Watts to be the number one biblioblogger … for a little while.

We witnessed a number of attacks on the Biblioblog top 50.

And, now we’ve witnessed the attempted overthrow of the Biblioblog top 50.

But, in the end, the Biblioblog top 50 transcends all of us … perhaps all of reality. #1 can die, ascend into heaven, and return … it can be attacked on all sides … rebels can stage a coup … but the Biblioblog top 50 … well, it just IS.

So, without further ado, congrats to:

*** Twestie ***

He’s still number one on the list and in our hearts … and, here is your OFFICIAL Biblioblog top 50 (watch out, Joel, Mark Stevens’ team is nipping at your heals).

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 61645
2 Joel L. Watts Unsettled Christianity 103771
3 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 113291
4 Brian LePort, et al Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 124988
5 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 154331
6 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 158824
7 Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 187567
8 Neil Godfrey Vridar 197734
9 Todd Bolen Bible Places 209298
10 J. R. Daniel Kirk Storied Theology 223540
11 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 241332
12 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 272153
13 Airton José da Silva Observatório Bíblico 284067
14 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 292794
15 Thomas Verenna Musings of Thomas Verenna, The 322586
16 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 331115
17 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 352099
18 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 360111
19 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 366641
20 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 371582
21 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 376138
22 Craig Simul Iustus et Peccator 436169
23 Henry Neufeld Participatory Bible Study Blog 441895
24 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 461288
25 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 462487
26 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 464110
27 Daniel O. McClellan Maklelan 467089
28 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 474231
29 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 480323
30 Dave Black Dave Black Online 498672
31 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma Sacred Page, The 540278
32 Rodney A. Thomas, Chad Pressley Political Jesus 560558
33 Doug Chaplin Clay Boy 575201
34 Jim Linville Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop and Tea Room 576810
35 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 590227
36 Chris Terry Walking in the Way of Christ 596751
37 Jason Skipper Pastoral Musings 638120
38 Phillip Long Reading Acts 645696
39 Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion 667781
40 Jonathan Robinson Xenos 700115
41 Chris Brady Targuman 768484
42 John Hobbins Ancient Hebrew Poetry 796065
43 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 804687
44 Tony Burke Apocryphicity 880423
45 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 883661
46 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 888271
47 Bob MacDonald Matthew 954400
48 Darrell Pursiful Dr. Platypus 1040194
49 Rod Decker NT Resources Blog 1052209
50 Justin Allison Old Testament and Ecology 1055896

i think i've figured out the formula for the "new" biblioblog top 50 …

put a list of biblioblogs in excel and hit random sort.  or, perhaps someone else can think of a way to make sense of that list ;-).

i’m only kidding, of course.  i’d be the first one to tell you i don’t take the rankings seriously … at all.  for me, it’s all a bit of good fun.  and, i really don’t care if there are 50 different ranking systems for the biblioblog top 50.  i think the judge of the ranking systems would be the bibliobloggers and which rankings they visit and which ones they link to.

and, as long as people visit mine, i’ll continue to do them … while taking jabs at joel.  so, i’ll have the official, official biblioblog rankings up for you later tonight or early tomorrow … whenever i feel like it really.

Jim's real theme song & the biblioblog rankings for November

Well, I want to start off by saying how awesome it was to meet many of you in person at SBL Atlanta about a week ago.  But, sadly no one put two and two together and bought the guy who does the rankings a round at Gibney’s.  I’m looking at you Scott Bailey … notice who’s just above you in the list?

And, then there was Barber and McGrath … Unfortunately their papers were the only ones I heard at the Biblioblogging session.  But, not even a shout out?  I’d say that’s good enough for maybe 3rd place (but only because I ate dinner with you on Monday, James) and 42nd place … Imagine where you could be if you would have just gave some props …

Well, this is not all exactly true.  Joel did in fact try to pay my way for the whole conference in order to be #1, but I mean there’s only so much I can do …

No, I’m only kidding … I’m not saying I can be bribed … but I’m just saying it might be something that we all want to think about for next year 😉 ;-).

Or, maybe you all just lost because God made you lose

Okay, without further ado … Twimmy Twest won again.

*streamers … confetti … etc.*

But now more importantly, I’m dubbing Twestie with a new theme song:

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 63918
2 Joel L. Watts Unsettled Christianity 112762
3 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 140416
4 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 149520
5 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 176228
6 J. R. Daniel Kirk Storied Theology 195275
7 Todd Bolen Bible Places 222487
8 Neil Godfrey Vridar 230108
9 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 244246
10 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 247561
11 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 254643
12 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 293767
13 Jonathan Robinson Xenos 331840
14 Thomas Verenna Musings of Thomas Verenna, The 337137
15 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 341967
16 Airton José da Silva Observatório Bíblico 346493
17 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 372159
18 Craig Simul Iustus et Peccator 378800
19 Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 384201
20 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 391416
21 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 405264
22 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 412289
23 Dave Black Dave Black Online 433359
24 Phillip Long Reading Acts 441701
25 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 444635
26 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 449800
27 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 459072
28 Chris Terry Walking in the Way of Christ 474344
29 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 482933
30 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 484094
31 Rodney A. Thomas Political Jesus 494483
32 Mark Goodacre NT Blog 511264
33 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 514808
34 Rick Mansfield This Lamp 567703
35 Henry Neufeld Participatory Bible Study Blog 579879
36 Ken Pulliam Why I De-Converted from Evangelical Christianity 608665
37 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 619383
38 Tony Burke Apocryphicity 619819
39 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 647407
40 John Hobbins Ancient Hebrew Poetry 655782
41 Rod Decker NT Resources Blog 668871
42 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma Sacred Page, The 688799
43 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 700203
44 Roland Boer Stalin’s Moustache 708789
45 Tommy Wasserman, et al Evangelical Textual Criticism 797333
46 Bacho Bordjadze Reading Isaiah 802076
47 Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al KJV Only Debate 804295
48 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 811235
49 David Ker, et al Better Bibles Blog 837623
50 Bob MacDonald Matthew 846285

October Biblioblog Rankings

Someone will inevitably call for an end to the BiblioBlog Top 50 this month … again ;-).  But, as long as you all keep showing up to check out this mind crack, I’ll keep posting it.  Also, something beneficial is that there are two new blogs this month – Reading Isaiah (29) and Walking in the Way with Christ (24).  So, maybe this did serve some purpose after all if some of you check out those blogs for the first time.  Without further ado … the winner is once again …

*** TWESTIE ***

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 63753
2 Joel L. Watts Unsettled Christianity
95521
3 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 125922
4 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 137855
5 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 149192
6 J. R. Daniel Kirk Storied Theology 185969
7 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 202614
8 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 212042
9 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 231387
10 Todd Bolen Bible Places 239032
11 Neil Godfrey Vridar 256195
12 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 294803
13 Airton José da Silva Observatório Bíblico 296962
14 Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 299336
15 Jonathan Robinson Xenos 300343
16 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 367433
17 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 368584
18 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 382933
19 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 384857
20 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 410802
21 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 420079
22 Phillip Long Reading Acts 431256
23 Craig Simul Iustus et Peccator 457913
24 Chris Terry Walking in the Way of Christ 482031
25 ? You Can’t Mean That! 503362
26 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 503927
27 Dave Black Dave Black Online 510780
28 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 532020
29 Bacho Bordjadze Reading Isaiah 533766
30 Rod Decker NT Resources Blog 554741
31 Justin Allison Old Testament and Ecology 555950
32 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 558461
33 Mark Goodacre NT Blog 569990
34 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 597096
35 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 598702
36 Andy Naselli Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology 604091
37 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 700812
38 Roland Boer Stalin’s Moustache 712787
39 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 713852
40 Rick Mansfield This Lamp 751970
41 Chris Tilling Chrisendom 762520
42 Thomas Verenna Musings of Thomas Verenna, The 770124
43 Henry Neufeld Participatory Bible Study Blog 788075
44 Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al KJV Only Debate 802295
45 Rodney A. Thomas Political Jesus 809877
46 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 810730
47 Bob MacDonald Matthew 830364
48 Ken Pulliam Why I De-Converted from Evangelical Christianity 832272
49 Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion 840736
50 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma Sacred Page, The 845570

September BiblioBlog Rankings – Joel has done it again…

… managed to lose that is.  And, he’s even further back this time than before.  The #1 BiblioBlogger is once again … wait for it … wait for it …

*** JIM TWEST ***

I considered docking Jim a million points for THIS and making Loftus #1 …. but nah.  You’ll also notice that we have a couple of newcomers this month with Justin Allison and J. R. Daniel “The Whiner” Kirk being added to the list.

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 67215
2 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 124171
3 Joel L. Watts Church of Jesus Christ, The 128485
4 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 149517
5 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 173966
6 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 202192
7 Todd Bolen Bible Places 214428
8 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 232756
9 Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 239747
10 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 266076
11 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 271870
12 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 277185
13 Neil Godfrey Vridar 290606
14 J. R. Daniel Kirk Storied Theology 314435
15 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 317593
16 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 319523
17 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 333878
18 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 384776
19 Justin Allison Old Testament and Ecology 404624
20 Jonathan Robinson Xenos 426276
21 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 436464
22 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 460586
23 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 536573
24 Phillip Long Reading Acts 542187
25 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 561986
26 Mark Goodacre NT Blog 585416
27 Chris Tilling Chrisendom 608516
28 Mandy and Calvin Park Floppy Hat, The 610150
29 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 620744
30 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 631108
31 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 642692
32 Doug Chaplin Clay Boy 733610
33 Rick Mansfield This Lamp 748096
34 ? You Can’t Mean That! 767350
35 Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al KJV Only Debate 782771
36 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 801824
37 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 803081
38 Dave Black Dave Black Online 832920
39 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma Sacred Page, The 875035
40 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 929407
41 Derek Leman Messianic Jewish Musings 950089
42 Tim Bulkeley 5 Minute Bible 975455
43 Peter J. Leithart Leithart.com 1026527
44 Chris Brady Targuman 1034036
45 Roland Boer Stalin’s Moustache 1044572
46 Peter M. Lopez Beauty of the Bible 1057214
47 Andy Naselli Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology 1059150
48 Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion 1074825
49 Rod Decker NT Resources Blog 1075638
50 A K M Adam AKMA’s Random Thoughts 1116606

BiblioBlog Rankings August 2010

Again, no surprises here …

*** Joel Watts ***

is BiblioBlogger of the month …

Just kidding ;-).  It was really …

*** Jim West ***

again.

Not much else to say right now, or really that I can say right now…  Like many of you my teaching just started for the semester …At any rate, check out where you are.

* And, by the way, please make sure before you email me that you are checking your Alexa “ONE MONTH” stats before you comment or email me that you are not ranked where you should be.  Not trying to be ugly, but this happens at least once a month.  The rankings that you see at the bottom of your website are your three month stats.  It may be that the stats are genuinely wrong, though I’m not sure why.  But, please double check them before you email

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 67444
2 Joel L. Watts Church of Jesus Christ, The 108937
3 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 122834
4 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 131985
5 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 157741
6 Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 192470
7 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 210494
8 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 240563
9 Todd Bolen Bible Places 251402
10 Neil Godfrey Vridar 255299
11 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 299339
12 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 311212
13 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 315949
14 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 317709
15 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 332160
16 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 364821
17 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 371117
18 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 373283
19 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 436755
20 Jason Skipper Pastoral Musings 450513
21 Craig Blomberg New Testament Musings 454799
22 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 462138
23 Bob Hayton, Jason Skipper et al KJV Only Debate 465858
24 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 474792
25 Jason Skipper, et al Re: Fundamentals 494451
26 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 521736
27 Chris Tilling Chrisendom 544254
28 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 549820
29 Daniel O. McClellan Maklelan 599274
30 Henry Neufeld Participatory Bible Study Blog 622393
31 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 634754
32 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 667284
33 Jonathan Robinson Xenos 677345
34 Mark Goodacre NT Blog 678769
35 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 680299
36 Doug Chaplin Clay Boy 684329
37 Tim Bulkeley 5 Minute Bible 728446
38 Rick Mansfield This Lamp 768595
39 Craig Simul Iustus et Peccator 770146
40 Esteban Vázquez Voice of Stefan 770972
41 Jason Eis Doxan 800300
42 Douglas Mangum Biblia Hebraica 810111
43 Dave Black Dave Black Online 855613
44 John Hobbins Ancient Hebrew Poetry 859170
45 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 878188
46 Thomas Verenna Musings of Thomas Verenna, The 907775
47 Tommy Wasserman, et al Evangelical Textual Criticism 926265
48 Andy Naselli Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology 954074
49 Michael Barber, Brant Pitre & John Bergsma Sacred Page, The 993629
50 A K M Adam AKMA’s Random Thoughts 1051386

BiblioBlog Rankings July 2010

Congratulations to everyone on the list … this essentially means that you are popular.  So, this song goes out to all of you, but especially to

***JIM WEST***

who has done it again.

Sorry Joel.  You are still number 2.

And, now check everyone else out too (Sorry, there’s actually 51 – forgot to add Marc Cortez from last month who debuts at #5. Everybody else push yourself down one):

Rank Blogger Blog Name Alexa Rank
1 Jim West Zwinglius Redivivus 69736
2 Joel L. Watts Church of Jesus Christ, The 89233
3 Matthew and Madeleine MandM 115133
4 James McGrath Exploring Our Matrix 140549
5* Marc Cortez Scientia et Sapientia 150210
5 John Loftus Debunking Christianity 186041
6 Todd Bolen Bible Places 195264
7 Dan Wallace Contra Mundane 224720
8 Stephen Smuts Biblical Paths 224909
9 Matt Dabbs Kingdom Living 228817
10 Neil Godfrey Vridar 239507
11 Mark Stevens Scripture, Ministry, and the People of God 240043
12 Glenn Peoples Say Hello to my Little Friend 241775
13 Ferrell Jenkins Ferrell’s Travel Blog 251587
14 Jeremy Thompson Free Old Testament Audio Website Blog 328123
15 Brian LePort Near Emmaus: Christ and Text 331730
16 Scott Bailey Scotteriology 342515
17 Tim Bulkeley Sansblogue 376136
18 Gavin Rumney Otagosh 408591
19 T.C. Robinson New Leaven 413289
20 Craig Blomberg New Testament Musings 423995
21 Michael S. Heiser Naked Bible, The, PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, Every Thought Captive 427913
22 Jason Skipper Pastoral Musings 432841
23 Mark Goodacre NT Blog 434645
24 Bob Hayton Fundamentally Reformed 471271
25 Nick Norelli Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth 480601
26 Jeff Oien Scripture Zealot 481974
27 Ari Ari’s Blog of Awesomeness 494804
28 Henry Neufeld Participatory Bible Study Blog 534591
29 Robert Cargill Official Blog of Robert R. Cargill, The 574301
30 Jason Skipper, et al Re: Fundamentals 600708
31 Doug Chaplin Clay Boy 640630
32 Michael F. Bird, Joel Willitts ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ / Evangelion 647010
33 Tim Bulkeley 5 Minute Bible 648772
34 Peter M. Lopez Beauty of the Bible 676768
35 Jason Eis Doxan 729697
36 Rick Mansfield This Lamp 736522
37 Nathan Stitt Discipulus Scripturae 785329
38 Brandon Wason Sitz im Leben 791601
39 Bob MacDonald Matthew 805780
40 A K M Adam AKMA’s Random Thoughts 818347
41 Rodney A. Thomas Political Jesus 832098
42 Andy Naselli Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology 841323
43 Daniel O. McClellan Maklelan 861067
44 John Hobbins Ancient Hebrew Poetry 862669
45 Chris Tilling Chrisendom 877560
46 Phillip Long Reading Acts 912704
47 Ken Schenck Quadrilateral Thoughts 1076256
48 Chris Brady Targuman 1077400
49 Douglas Mangum Biblia Hebraica 1100194
50 Bob MacDonald Bob’s Log 1109176