Biblical Topics
Feb 6
“Render Unto Caesar” and the First Jewish Revolt
Two coins from the First Jewish Revolt (66–74 CE) have been found among the numismatic material excavated at Carchemish. Located on the Euphrates River in […]
Feb 5
Eunuchs in the Bible
By: Megan Sauter
Stephen J. Patterson discusses what Jesus meant when he referred to “eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:11–12).
Feb 3
Errors in the Masoretes’ “Original” Hebrew Manuscripts of the Bible?
By: BAS Staff
The Hebrew Bible today differs from the Bible manuscripts of the first millennium B.C.E. How do we identify alterations? Learn why critical editions of the Bible are essential.
Feb 2
Sinai Before Sinai
A recently discovered rock inscription from Wadi Khamila in the southwestern Sinai Peninsula offers a vivid glimpse into a world that predates the Exodus tradition […]
Feb 1
Who Was the Wife of Cain?
By: BAS Staff
Who did Cain marry? Where did she come from? Mary Joan Winn Leith suggests that while the Israelite storyteller knew that other men and women in Genesis existed outside of Eden, they did not matter to him or factor into his account. He was concerned with Adam and Eve and their progeny—not those outside of this group.
Jan 29
James or Jacob in the Bible?
By: Mark Wilson
How did the Jewish name Ya’akov, properly translated as Jacob, become James in English versions of the Bible?
Jan 27
Where Was Moses Buried?
By: Marek Dospěl
Where was Moses buried? We don’t know exactly. Nor did the biblical writers: “Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of […]
Jan 26
Babylonian Texts Complicate Bible’s Image of Nebuchadnezzar
In biblical memory, Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 BCE) looms large as an agent of catastrophe. He appears across multiple biblical books—2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah, […]
Jan 25
3 Pilgrimage Paths from Galilee to Jerusalem
By: Megan Sauter
To celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover), the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), and the Feast of Booths (Sukkot), many Jews traveled to the Jerusalem […]
Jan 24
On What Day Did Jesus Rise?
By: BAS Staff
On what day did Jesus rise? After three days or on the third day? Ben Witherington III examines this question in BAR.
