Hebrew Bible
Feb 12
Left-Handed People in the Bible
By: BAS Staff
Were the warriors from the tribe of Benjamin left-handed by nature or nurture?
Feb 9
An Ode to Oxen
Why are cattle such a big deal in the Hebrew Bible? Imagine your car, your savings account, and your power grid were all the same […]
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 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 21
Cities in the Bible
By: John Drummond
When we read the Bible, it is easy for our modern conceptions of words to influence how we understand the text. A perfect example is […]
Jan 20
Asherah and the Asherim: Goddess or Cult Symbol?
By: Ellen White
Who is Asherah? What is asherah? The reference may be to a particular goddess, a class of goddess or a cult symbol used to represent the goddess. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish what meaning is intended.
Jan 17
The Doorways of Solomon’s Temple
By: Megan Sauter
In the Bible, the inner shrine of Solomon’s Temple is described as having five mezuzot. What are they? The question has puzzled Biblical scholars for centuries. Does a recently discovered shrine model from Khirbet Qeiyafa hold the answer?
Jan 13
What Is God’s Name?
By: John Drummond
If you regularly read Bible History Daily posts, Biblical Archaeology Review articles, or are a fan of biblical history in general, you’ve probably come across […]
Nov 27
The Nephilim and the Sons of God
By: John Drummond
Sandwiched between the genealogies of Adam’s descendants and the tale of Noah’s flood are a few enigmatic verses that leave many of us scratching our […]
Nov 27
The Adam and Eve Story: Eve Came From Where?
By: BAS Staff
The Book of Genesis tells us that God created woman from one of Adam’s ribs. But Biblical scholar Ziony Zevit says that the traditional translation of the Biblical text is wrong: Eve came from a different part of Adam’s body—his baculum.
