In “Daphnis and Chloe in the Garden of Eden” in the July/August 2013 issue of BAR, Theodore Feder explores how a second-century pagan love story alludes to the Biblical tale Read more…
Bible Interpretation
Bible interpretation covers the many issues in Bible study and understanding such as the historical-critical method, the documentary hypothesis, the two-source hypothesis, and the fundamental/literal approach.
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Lovers’ Tale
• 06/12/2013
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The Parables of Jesus
• 03/27/2013
“Recovering the Original Meaning of Matthew’s Parables” by Helmut Koester as it was originally published in Bible Review magazine. Koester suggests that the parables of Jesus did not communicate a Read more…
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Analyzing Biblical Psychoanalysis
• 03/15/2013
A Bible History Daily-exclusive contribution by “Bible in the News” author Leonard J. Greenspoon Read more…
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Make No Bones About It
• 03/14/2013
The Bible in the News, as published in the March/April 2013 issue of BAR Read more…
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The Making of a Messiah
• 03/08/2013
In this post I want to to consider what I call the “textual dynamics of messianic self-identity.” I realize that is a mouthful but bear with me here, as this Read more…
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The Bible and Sexuality in South Africa
• 12/17/2012
With the Bible used as both tool and resource, human sexuality is being openly discussed in South Africa, according to a paper presented recently by Gerald O. West at the Read more…
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Bible Passages About Redemption Reveal the Original Political Meaning of Salvation
• 11/16/2012
The summer of 2012 marked the 60th anniversary celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the British throne. The pomp and pageantry of her diamond julibee captivated not only her Read more…
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Misogyny in the Bible
• 08/31/2012
Is God gendered as a male in the Bible? How could Scripture, the Word of God to so many Christians, be the product of patriarchy and its over-sexed values that Read more…
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Biblical Views: The Value of Methodological Doubt
• 07/11/2012
Ron Hendel, the Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, believes that critical Biblical scholarship and the methodological doubt that Read more…
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Searching for the Better Text
• 07/06/2012
Isaiah’s vision of universal peace is one of the best-known passages in the Hebrew Bible: “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the Read more…
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The Art of Biblical Criticism
• 06/06/2012
In the May/June 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Biblical scholar James A. Sanders reviews what he considers “an essentially new book and mandatory to any serious student of the Read more…
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Does the Gospel of Mark Reveal Jesus’ Anger or His Compassion?
• 05/23/2012
In the fifth-century C.E. Codex Bezae, an early edition of the New Testament written in Greek, the Gospel of Mark describes Jesus’ anger before healing a leper (Mark 1:41). While Read more…
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Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
• 04/27/2012
For more about how Job questions God and ends up suing God to get a response, read Edward L. Greenstein’s article “When Job Sued God” in the May/June 2012 issue Read more…
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God Language in the New Testament
• 04/25/2012
Language can become controversial at times, as New Testament professor Ben Witherington III reveals in his Biblical Views column “Spirited Discourse About God Language in the New Testament,” in the Read more…
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Uncovering the Jewish Context of the New Testament
• 03/26/2012
Most Jewish readers approach the New Testament, if they approach it at all, with at best a certain unfamiliarity. This is unfortunate, according to Jewish New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine, Read more…
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The Bible in the News
• 11/02/2011
Leonard J. Greenspoon looks at the various ways the Biblical expression “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” is used in today’s media. Read more…
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The Bible In the News
• 09/19/2011
Leonard J. Greenspoon looks at the modern fortunes of the phrase “The Lord is my shepherd” in his column The Bible In the News. Read more…
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Richard Elliott Friedman and the Bible
• 09/16/2011
Bible scholar Richard Elliott Friedman believes that the tools and methods developed in good Bible scholarship should now be applied in new ways to the Bible: relevance for understanding and Read more…
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Reading Genesis
• 09/14/2011
Reading Genesis: Ten Methods edited by Ronald Hendel provides new approaches to Genesis Bible study and is a new tool that explains how to study the Bible effectively. Read more…
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The Spiritual Journey, Scholarship and Bible Interpretations of Philip J. King
• 07/23/2011
Biblical scholar and priest Philip J. King’s has written the book he “always wanted to write” about his spiritual journey, scholarship and Bible interpretations. Reviewed by James Strange. Read more…
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A Bible Hermeneutics Definition
• 07/22/2011
When looking for a Bible hermeneutics definition, the simplest is: Bible interpretations. The many ways people approach and interpret the Biblical texts can all be understood as hermeneutics of the Read more…
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Understanding Revelations in the Bible
• 07/17/2011
Whether we’re looking for gospel meaning or struggling with understanding revelations in the Bible, Ben Witherington III, author of the article “Asking the Right Question” says historical Bible study can Read more…
