Critical Bible Study Guide

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....

The Expositor's Greek Testament is described as offering deep Greek analysis and historical context on Colossians 1. The available listing is only a...

The core rule is that words do not have one meaning. They have a range of meanings, and context picks one. The better question is not "what does...

His faculty profile points to a focus on early modern biblical culture, especially vernacular translations and commentaries. The listed titles show...

Eastern Catholic Churches sit alongside the Latin Church within the Catholic Church, in full communion with Rome.

• Byzantine Catholic churches...

Textual criticism compares manuscript variants while source criticism maps literary relationships. Form and tradition criticism probe genres and oral...

• Biblical studies fall within its broad scope alongside sociology, philosophy, and psychology of religion, positioning the journal as one possible...

Modern critical scholars conclude that 1 and 2 Samuel are not a unified composition authored by the prophetic figure Samuel. This directly challenges traditional attributions for scholarly examination.

The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception is the first comprehensive reference tracing the Bible’s origins, canons, and afterlives across...

Two resources stand out for direct engagement with primary texts and historical layers.

• Greek New Testament Study Bible (Campbell, Zondervan 2027)...

The 184 tablets from Kayalipinar (Shamuha) document Hittite divination omens, a desperate military letter to King Tudhaliya II requesting aid, and the...

Talmudic passages emerge as products of composition history, constructed in layers that scholars must unpack to recover original meaning—raising source-critical questions akin to but distinct from biblical redaction criticism.

This 30-session church course introduces Bible organization, writing process, and historical context for each book, welcoming scholars and seekers...