How did America’s Political Rhetoric Become so Biblical? – By Robert E. Brown
Robert E. Brown on James Byrd’s Sacred Scripture, Sacred War and Eran Shalev’s American Zion Martin Luther King, Jr. was the last great orator
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Domus Magna: The Enduring Power of the Psalms – By David W. Stowe
David W. Stowe on Susan Gillingham’s Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms Psalm 137 is one of the more ubiquitous psalms in
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The Memphis Kneel-ins and the Desegregation of the Southern Church – By Phillip Luke Sinitiere
Phillip Luke Sinitiere on Stephen R. Haynes’s The Last Segregated Hour Recent panel discussions, colloquia, documentaries, and books have been celebrating pivotal moments in the
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Patristics†
David Lincicum on Bart Ehrman’s Forgery and Counterforgery When John Mearsheimer investigated lying in international politics, what he found surprised him. Conventional wisdom
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In What Sense Were the Rabbis Roman?
Ishay Rosen-Zvi on Hayim Lapin’s Rabbis as Romans Pinchas Kehati used to say that he toiled doubly over his popular commentary on the
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Plato, Bakhtin, and the Rabbis Meet Again
Eva Kiesele on Jenny Labendz’s Socratic Torah Confusion often precedes the discovery of truth. The process goes something like this. I hold a
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Sterilizing the Bible
Charles Halton reads Melissa Mohr’s Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing and questions modern Bible translations I remember the first time I
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A Sustained Protestant Onslaught Against Indian Religion
Brian Stanley on Robert A. Yelle’s The Language of Disenchantment Is the world becoming more secular? Debate on this persisting question shows no sign of
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Did the Ancient Greeks Worship Stones as Gods?
Fernande Hölscher on Milette Gaifman’s Aniconism in Greek Antiquity Aniconism was a concept created in nineteenth century Germany to describe an important phenomenon
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How did Origen Vindicate God Amidst the Horrors of Evil and Suffering?
Peter Martens on Mark S.M. Scott’s Journey Back to God Anyone with a smattering of training in religion or philosophy knows at least
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