Critical Bible Study Guide

The author, a former pastor, admits that his training gave him freedom to reconsider the meaning of single words, but far less freedom to question...

The review presents this handbook as a background companion that gathers historical, geographical, and cultural context in one volume.

• Orientation:...

The link between the Dead Sea and Sodom and Gomorrah first appeared in Second Temple-era Jewish writings, and Christians later developed it alongside...

The narrative of Samuel's call in 1 Samuel 3 has presumed a young boy able to encounter God. That presumption has become an argument in works of...

Isaac La Peyrère is remembered mainly for his pre-Adamite claim, but his Systema theologicum also questioned the traditional attribution of the...

Brief video lessons can help readers return to the Hebrew text. Daily Dose of Hebrew, which Adam J. Howell is widely associated with, usually centres...

The paper describes its chronology of the Passion as a "flawless" structure built by applying the literal mechanics of the Astronomical Book of Enoch....

Newton's final book reconstructed antiquity using astronomy and ancient reports, not just texts:

• Sky as clock: He dated events by precession, using...

The supplied article lists three uses for William Barclay's Bible commentary:

• Preparing sermons and teaching
• Academic study of biblical texts
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For Sophia Magallanes-Tsang, the reader's own location is part of the method. Her book Scripture, Our Comrade aims to invite readers into Scripture...

The Texas State Board of Education is shifting from an 11-4 Republican majority to a seven-seven split starting in January, though one race remains...

The article says Aquinas rejected the idea of two truths, one reached by reason and another by faith, and affirmed that there is one truth. Its...

The directory lists resources across fields like health sciences, Russian area studies, and Irish newspapers, but the supplied text names no biblical...

Historians widely accept that Jesus was crucified. The article notes that Josephus's references are inconclusive, so the case does not rest on...

The article tests whether Revelation came first, treating it as an ancestor of other New Testament texts. It proposes a literary-genealogical test...

The volume opens by asking whether the Bible is a human compilation of religious texts or a divine book. The editors argue that this starting point...

This overview describes early Christian writings composed between 50 and 140, though the wording is garbled. It names gospels, letters, and...

A Master's course on Scripture and Eastern Christianity studies how the Bible was received in Eastern Christian communities. Its scope goes beyond...

Kevin J. Fitzpatrick's letter makes a public ethical argument, not a textual one. He sets Exodus's command not to "molest or oppress an alien"...

A Stanford conference, "The Bible and Wonder," brought together speakers from biblical and Talmudic studies, literature, art history and philosophy....