The Bible Made Strange: Sarah Ruden’s Four New Gospels
Scot McKnight on Sarah Ruden People think they know how a specific verse should sound. Such opinions flow freely from those who have
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Soloveitchik and St. Paul: A Commentary on the Hebrew Gospels
Sarit Kattan Gribetz on Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s surprising work, Qol Qore, is a Hebrew commentary to the Gospels of Matthew,
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People of The Books: Qur’an and The Bible
Stephen Burge on Gabriel Reynolds Gabriel Reynolds’ The Qur’an and the Bible: Text and Commentary, is a handsomely produced volume, and an intriguing
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St. Paul and Islam: A Contemporary Perspective
Matthew V. Novenson on Shabbir Akhtar In this remarkable new commentary on the Letter of Paul to the Galatians, Shabbir Akhtar says that
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Sexuality and Religious Authority in the Black Church
Joseph Winters on Monique Moultrie The intersection of Christianity and black female sexuality is a site of tension and complexity. On the one hand,
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Humor and Hope from Passover to Purim
Joel S. Kaminsky on the significance of humor in biblical persecution A number of years ago I wrote an essay examining the humorous elements
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Fragments for Sale: Dead Sea Scrolls
Årstein Justnes on selling scripture Since 2002 more than 75 previously unknown Dead Sea Scroll fragments have surfaced on the antiquities market, and recent
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Gleanings from the Cave of Wonders? Fragments, Forgeries, and “Biblicism” in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Kipp Davis on the treasures of Qumran “Remember, boy. First fetch me the lamp. And then you shall have your reward . .
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Authorship and Ownership: Whose Bible Is It Anyway?
Michael Hundley Reviews Sara Milstein’s Tracking the Master Scribe Despite its antiquity, the Bible remains the object of great public interest and scholarly
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Queerness and Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible
Susan E. Haddox reviews Rhiannon Graybill’s Are We Not Men? Unstable Masculinity in the Hebrew Prophets What does it mean to be a
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