Who’s Afraid of the Goddess of Ancient Israel?
june 2022 | Vol. 10.6 By Dvora Lederman Daniely Archaeological and literary-biblical studies have long shown that the worship of a Mother-Goddess was an early integral part of the
The Bible in Arabic
may 2022 | Vol. 10.5 By Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala The earliest references to Arabic translations of the Bible date back to the pre-Islamic period, although at the present time we h
Jonah and the Human Condition
march 2022 | Vol. 10.3 By Stuart Lasine Ever since Pope Innocent III introduced the phrase “human condition” (conditio humana) in the 12th century, many writers have attempted
Isaiah – Prophet, Book, and Message
march 2022 | Vol. 10.3 By Andrew T. Abernethy In my office hangs an etching of “Isaiah” by Irvin Amen. Why would a Jewish artist want to etch a prophet from 2800 years ago? Why
Visions from the Middle Territory: The Books of Haggai and Zechariah in their Persian Context
January 2022 | Vol. 10.1 By Robert L. Foster When we think of prophets and empires in the Hebrew Bible, we likely think of First Isaiah’s message in the light of the Assyrian Emp
A Half a Century of Studying Biblical Coins
Why revise a book on coins for fifty years and six editions? For one thing there are more data than ever. For another, old questions with big implications keep sticking around, lik
Data Science and the Bible: Rediscovering the History of the Christian Bible in Ethiopia
Ethiopia was one of the first Christian societies to translate the Bible into a local language. Thanks to data science, the patterns of transmission are now coming into better focu
The Location of the Biblical ‘Red Sea’
The Exodus from Egypt was a foundational event for the Israelites. But where exactly did they cross the ‘Red Sea’? Scholars have debated this question for centuries, as have ma
Royal Illness in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
The Exodus from Egypt was a foundational event for the Israelites. But where exactly did they cross the ‘Red Sea’? Scholars have debated this question for centuries, as have ma
Excessive and Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible
April 2021 | Vol. 9.4 By Rebekah Welton Food and drink permeate biblical texts. This is unsurprising considering all human beings eat and drink, and since production and processing