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Enlightened Religion? Idealism as the History and Destiny of Modern Theology

April 15, 2014May 22, 2019

Samuel Loncar on Gary Dorrien’s Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealist Logic of Modern Theology Is a truly modern religion possible? Can faith survive ... [Read More]

Found in Translation – By John Hobbins

April 1, 2014May 22, 2014

John Hobbins on Robert Alter’s translation with commentary of Joshua-2 Kings Robert Alter has been Englishing the Hebrew Bible to wide acclaim for ... [Read More]

Crumbling Criteria: Constructing an Authentic Jesus – By Helen Bond

April 1, 2014May 22, 2014

Helen Bond on Chris Keith and Anthony Le Donne’s Jesus Criteria and the Demise of Authenticity Historical Jesus work used to be easy. Cocooned ... [Read More]

The Birth of Academic Biblical Studies – By Angela Roskop Erisman

March 10, 2014May 22, 2014

Angela Roskop Erisman on Magne Sæbø, ed. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, Volume III/1: The Nineteenth Century — a Century of Modernism ... [Read More]

Matthew’s Reaction to Mark’s Innovation – By Michael J. Kok

February 24, 2014May 22, 2014

Michael J. Kok on J. Andrew Doole’s What was Mark for Matthew? If Matthew, Mark, and Luke were students handing in their Gospels as ... [Read More]

The Hidden God – By Trent Dougherty

February 24, 2014May 22, 2014

Trent Dougherty on Paul Moser’s The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived The Severity of God pretends to be one thing. Under the ... [Read More]

Reading Ugaritic – By Ola Wikander

February 10, 2014May 22, 2014

Ola Wikander on John Huehnergard’s An Introduction to Ugaritic The Ugaritic language, spoken and written on the coast of Syria during the Late Bronze Age, ... [Read More]

Literary Criticism and the Composition of the Hebrew Bible – By Juha Pakkala

February 10, 2014May 22, 2014

Juha Pakkala on David M. Carr’s The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction One cannot understand the history and religion of ancient Israel ... [Read More]

The Book of Job’s Past, Present, and Future Consequences – By Davis Hankins

January 27, 2014May 22, 2014

Davis Hankins on C.L. Seow’s Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary. An irony pervades the practice of writing the critical biblical commentary: quite often, the biblical ... [Read More]

Reading Deuteronomy Theologically . . . and Critically – By Mark Leuchter