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Biblical Studies
Interviews with scholars of the Bible about their new books.
May 13, 2024
The Old Testament in Medieval Icelandic Texts
The historical narratives of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible have much in common with Icelandic saga literature: both are invested in origins and genea…
May 8, 2024
Reading the Way, Paul, and "the Jews" in Acts Within Judaism
The book of Acts is often misunderstood as reflecting anti-Judaism or promoting supersessionism. Jason Moraff, however, argues that Acts binds the Way…
April 30, 2024
Resetting the Origins of Christianity
How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of …
April 27, 2024
Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek
The defining feature of this textbook is the treatment of classical and New Testament Greek as one language using primary sources. All the example sen…
April 20, 2024
The Gospel of the Son of God
What does it mean for the Gospel of Mark to portray Jesus as Son of God? Apparently far more than what past scholarship has recognized! James Neumann …
April 13, 2024
Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context
How did Psalm 110:1 become so widely used as a messianic prooftext in the New Testament and early Christianity? Part of the explanation may be related…
April 6, 2024
Collections, Codes, and Torah
Scholars of biblical law widely hold that ancient Israel did not draft law-texts for legislative purposes. Little attention has yet been given to expl…
March 17, 2024
Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges
Characters and characterization are a key ingredient for interpreting the Bible, and perhaps no other book in the Bible is so full of challenging and …
March 16, 2024
Hollow Men, Strange Women
In Hollow Men, Strange Women: Riddles, Codes, and Otherness in the Book of Judges (Brill, 2016), Robin Baker provides a masterly reappraisal of Israel…
March 4, 2024
The Jewish Annotated New Testament
First published in 2011, The Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford UP, 2017) was a groundbreaking work, bringing the New Testament's Jewish backgroun…
February 21, 2024
Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel
Appealing to Monster Theory and the ancient Near Eastern motif of "Chaoskampf," Safwat Marzouk argues that the paradoxical character of the category o…
February 18, 2024
The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch
The letters of Ignatius of Antioch portray Jesus in terms that are both remarkably exalted and shockingly vulnerable. Jesus is identified as God and i…
February 6, 2024
The Muratorian Fragment
Discovered and published in 1740 by the Ambrosian librarian Ludovico Muratori, the so-called “Muratorian Fragment” has long featured for New Testament…
February 5, 2024
The Chapter
Why do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Dr. Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing ho…
February 5, 2024
An Embodied Reading of the Shepherd of Hermas
Among early Christian books abandoned at the flipside of the canonical boundary, the Shepherd of Hermas is presently undergoing an exciting renaissanc…
January 29, 2024
The Gospel According to Moses
For the renowned scholar, Dr. Daniel Block, Deuteronomy is the "Gospel according to Moses." Moses' farewell pastoral addresses call God's people to re…
January 19, 2024
Torah, the Five Books of Moses
With a charming, colorful presentation, multiple strands of commentary, and groundbreaking, interactive features, Torah, the Five Books of Moses (with…
January 17, 2024
On Henry Einspruch's 1941 Yiddish Translation of the Christian Bible
Today we are going to explore a peculiar volume in the history of Yiddish literature, the Yiddish translation of the Christian bible written by Khaim …
January 17, 2024
What Can We Learn From A Pottery Shard?
Some people are good at what they do, some are enthusiastic about their work. This guest brings both to bear in his exploration of the ancient past.…
January 16, 2024
The Steinsaltz Humash
The Steinsaltz Humash is the long-awaited English version of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz’s pioneering translation and commentary on the Torah. L…