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Feb 4 Blog

What “God Is Love” Actually Means

By: Ben Witherington III

Over decades of studying the Bible, I’ve noted how much emphasis many scholars place on the adjectives used to describe the biblical God—God is righteous, […]

Woman, Unnamed

Feb 11 Blog

The Three Most Important Women in Mark’s Gospel—All Unnamed

By: James Tabor

Clearly in Mark the 12 male disciples are complete failures and are never presented as heroes, even at the end. However, what we do find in Mark, in stark contrast to this chosen group, are three unnamed women who become Mark’s heroines and carry the core message of the entire book for those readers with eyes to see and ears to hear.

Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

Nov 17 Blog

The Apostle to the Nations

By: David Christian Clausen

It is self-evident that Paul’s letters were addressed to Gentiles (note: all translations given in this article are my own): “We received … apostleship for […]

Oct 26 Blog

Writing the Good News

By: John Drummond

When we study the Bible, we often ask ourselves critical and important questions: Who wrote the Bible and when? For whom did its authors write […]

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Jul 23 Blog

Fall 2020 Issue of BAR

By: BAS Staff

For millennia, humans have attempted to depict the divine. The Fall 2020 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review offers some intriguing examples of this phenomenon. Early Christian depictions of Jesus in which he holds a "magic wand". What John 1 means when it says “God is love.” And a new archaeological discovery.

Apr 24 Blog

The Canonical Gospels

By: BAS Staff

Our feature called “Library Explorer,” enables you to dig deeper into a select topic of Bible history and archaeology each week. This allows us to […]

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