How is Richard C. Miller viewed by (other) Biblical scholars?
I’ve been seeing him pop up on a few podcasts I follow, and have found his commentary interesting. But some of the framing he uses sounds odd to me.
Particularly, he talks about what he describes as something of a quasi-impermeable wall between Classicism and even secular Biblical studies.
He talks about how there is a reticence to consider reading Biblical texts through the lens of ancient Greek literary motifs, because Biblical scholars want to maintain that they are purely Jewish; and that scholars like him who take a sort of interdisciplinary approach are professionally marginalized.
It strikes me as odd because I feel like I read quite a bit about Hellenic influence in this sub. So I’m curious what scholars think.