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…
People & Cultures in the Bible
Groups of people and cultures in the Bible such as the Israelites, the Egyptians, the Samaritans, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, as well as Biblical figures such as Adam, Eve, Moses, Rachel, Sarah, Mary the mother of Jesus, Joseph the father of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the disciples of Jesus.
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Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
• 04/27/2012
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Putting Faces to Roman Egypt’s Royal Twins
• 04/25/2012
New analysis of a sculpture from the Egyptian Museum reveals that it depicts Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, the twin children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra’s children Read more…
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Ashkelon Excavations Find New Evidence of Philistine Religion
• 04/13/2012
In the summer of 2009, the Ashkelon excavations were working in a typical Philistine domestic structure from about 1200 B.C.E. (roughly contemporaneous with the settlement of the Israelites in adjacent 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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Biblical Archaeology and Jesus—The Abbreviated Versions
• 03/22/2012
A discussion of Leonard Greenspoon’s review of the new short introductions on Jesus and Biblical Archaeology, by Richard Bauckham and Eric Cline Read more…
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Jeremiah, Prophet of the Bible, Brought Back to Life
• 03/22/2012
The relationship between archaeology and the Bible is not always an easy one, but sometimes they come together in striking agreement as witnesses to history. Two small clay bullae (seal Read more…
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Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?
• 12/16/2011
Were the gifts of the magi meant to save Jesus from the pain of arthritis? It’s possible, according to researchers at Cardiff University in Wales who have been studying the Read more…
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Mexico City Builds World’s Largest Nativity Scene
• 12/14/2011
Officials in Mexico City this week unveiled the world’s largest nativity scene, a sprawling 215,000-square-foot display that recreates dozens of Biblical passages related to the story of Jesus’ birth. The Read more…
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Board Games Were Status Symbols in the Ancient World
• 12/08/2011
In the ancient world, board games, one of the world’s oldest hobbies, were played not only to pass the time, but also to signify the wealth and status of the Read more…
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Israel Inaugurates “Gospel Trail”
• 12/01/2011
Israel’s Ministry of Tourism this week inaugurated the new “Gospel Trail,” a 40-mile-long route that will allow Christian tourists and pilgrims to follow Jesus’ trek from his hometown of Nazareth Read more…
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Bible Scholar Brent Landau Asks “Who Were the Magi”?
• 11/29/2011
A lost Syriac manuscript, the Revelation of the Magi, recently translated into English by Bible scholar Brent Landau, may help answer that key question from the Christmas story: “Who were Read more…
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The Bethesda Pool, Site of One of Jesus’ Miracles
• 09/30/2011
The Bethesda Pool, where Jesus heals the paralytic man in the Gospel of John, is a complex site. It appears to have been a mikveh, or ritual bath. As the Read more…
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Mel Gibson to Make Film about Maccabean Revolt
• 09/12/2011
Warner Bros. studios and Oscar-winning actor and director Mel Gibson are teaming up to make an epic film about the Maccabean Revolt. According to reports, the film, which will be Read more…
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Did Jesus Exist? An Essential Guide to the Evidence Jesus Existed
• 09/01/2011
In The Historical Jesus: An Essential Guide, New Testament and Dead Sea Scroll scholar James H. Charlesworth summarizes the historical evidence of Jesus and answers that all-important question: Did Jesus Read more…
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Was Jesus a Jew?
• 07/15/2011
Was Jesus a Jew? Some people claim that Jesus was a Christian. Some have claimed that he was an Aryan Christian. But in recent decades scholars have been returning to 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…
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Israel Opens Site Associated with Jesus’ Baptism
• 07/15/2011
In Israel, one of the two sites traditionally associated with the baptism of Jesus has been opened for daily visits by the public—something that hasn’t occurred here since 1967. The Read more…
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Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute?
• 07/14/2011
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? Was Mary Magdalene wife of Jesus? These are the questions that concern author Birger A. Pearson in his article “From Saint to Sinner” that follows Read more…
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What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
• 07/13/2011
Do we know the answer to the question: What did Jesus look like? In “Painting a Portrait of Jesus,” D. Moody Smith points out the difficulties in answering the question: Read more…
