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…
Hebrew Bible
A term used by Biblical scholars, “Hebrew Bible” refers to the Jewish scriptures, or the Tanakh. The Books of the Hebrew Bible roughly correspond to the Protestant Old Testament. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Old Testaments contain additional books not found in the Hebrew Bible. The Books of the Hebrew Bible (in English) are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
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The Bible and Sexuality in South Africa
• 12/17/2012
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Did I Find King David’s Palace?
• 09/07/2012
Excavator Eilat Mazar describes finding what she believes to be King David’s Palace in Jerusalem. Originally published in the January/February 2006 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review Read more…
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Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem?
• 07/25/2012
Israeli scholar Yigal Levin’s article “Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem” in the July/August 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review examines the historical veracity of both the Egyptian Pharaoh’s account and Read more…
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Scorched Wheat May Provide Answers on the Destruction of Canaanite Tel Hazor
• 07/24/2012
The recent discovery of scorched wheat at Canaanite Tel Hazor may shed new light on the destruction of one of Israel’s most prominent sites. The discovery of large jugs containing 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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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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The Book of Genesis Illustrated
• 11/04/2011
Leonard J. Greenspoon Reviews “The Book of Genesis Illustrated” by R. Crumb Read more…
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Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah
• 11/01/2011
James VanderKam reviews Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah by George W.E. Nickelsburg. 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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Tracing the History of the Bible One Book at a Time
• 08/12/2011
Since 1958, some of the world’s best Bible scholars have worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Bible Project to come up with an authoritative critical edition of the 24 Read more…
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Comparing Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
• 07/22/2011
Until it was damaged and partially lost, the Aleppo Codex was considered to be the “crown” of ancient Biblical manuscripts, and was the version of the Hebrew Bible that was Read more…
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The Aleppo Codex Online
• 07/22/2011
Throughout its long history, the Aleppo Codex has been carefully and jealously guarded. Today, however, the Aleppo Codex online project has placed the Aleppo Codex among the ranks of other Read more…
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The Masoretic Text and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• 07/20/2011
Do insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls add to the Masoretic text, and if so, should the original Hebrew Bible text be modified based this information? Scholars from both sides Read more…
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Travelogue of the Aleppo Codex
• 07/20/2011
The Aleppo Codex, one of the most important ancient Biblical manuscripts, has a history that is almost as dramatic as the Biblical events that it recounts. This travelogue traces the Read more…
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Does Radiocarbon Dating Accuracy Help Us Determine Bible Chronology?
• 07/17/2011
There’s been a lot of debate around the issue of Bible chronology, which more specifically relates to the era of the reigns of David and Solomon. Did they live in Read more…
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Exodus in the Bible and the Egyptian Plagues
• 07/17/2011
The Book of Exodus in the Bible describes ten Egyptian plagues that bring suffering to the land of pharaoh. Are these Biblical plagues plausible on any level? In the following Read more…
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Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero?
• 07/15/2011
Who was Moses? Was he more than an Exodus hero? Discover the Biblical Moses with Peter Machinist in his article, “The Man Moses.” Read more…
