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Old Testament
Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, Jesus Studies Matter
A response to 'The Jesus We'll Never Know.'
April 9, 2010
Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, We Need History
A response to 'The Jesus We'll Never Know.'
April 9, 2010
The Jesus We'll Never Know
Why scholarly attempts to discover the 'real' Jesus have failed. And why that's a good thing.
April 9, 2010
The Evolution of Sin
Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity.
March 17, 2010
Finding Meaning in the Pentateuch
Powerful endorsements bolster John Sailhamer's new tome on the Bible's first five books.
January 11, 2010
Barring Yahweh
The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?
September 11, 2008
The 30-Day Leviticus Challenge
One church's experiment in living the most arcane book of the Bible.
July 25, 2008
The Dragon in the Belly: Patriarchs, Judges, and Kings
The Old Testament meets Beijing Opera in He Qi's art.
April 25, 2008
'Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit'
Jesus' important addition to David's cry.
March 20, 2008
Two Testaments, One Story
Top evangelical scholars team up for landmark commentary on New Testament use of Old Testament.
February 8, 2008
Graduating from Babylon U—With Honors
Daniel's and his friends' actions weren't to protest their pagan divinity program, but to show that God was the source of their excellence.
November 20, 2007
Whatever Happened to Samson? 
This novel with a fierce intelligence should resurrect him.
September 18, 2007
Old Testament Sermon Solutions
Preaching the Old Testament provides essays by evangelical scholars.
March 12, 2007
Christmas Shame
The year we had no tree, Mother planted within me a seed of discontent with all cultural displays of religion.
December 20, 2006
The Importance of Knowing What's Important
Being a counterculture for the common good begins with what we choose to focus on--and to overlook.
December 14, 2006
The Whole Word for the Whole World
Fewer than 10 percent of the world's languages have the Old Testament. But that's about to change.
September 1, 2006
Revising David and Solomon
Archeological study questions the Bible's take on Israel's united kingdom.
June 1, 2006
Three Big Digs
Discoveries bolster understanding of early church, biblical account of David's kingdom.
January 1, 2006
Salvation sans Jesus
"The Gospel of Jesus Christ: An Evangelical Celebration" states that sincere worshipers of other religions will not be saved—does that also refer to Moses and other Old Testament faithful? —Ty Conley, Salem, Oregon
October 12, 2005
Pharaoh's Firstborn, Proof of the Plagues?
The Discovery Channel's Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? seeks to determine if God really killed Pharaoh's oldest son.
November 1, 2004
Vegetarians in Paradise
Based on Isaiah 11:6-7 and 65:25, will we be vegetarians in the new heaven and earth as Adam and Eve were before the Fall?
October 1, 2004
Wind of Terror, Wind of Glory
We cannot know God's majesty without his terrible holiness.
October 1, 2004
Did the Exodus Never Happen?
How two Egyptologists are countering scholars who want to turn the Old Testament into myth.
September 7, 1998
When God Declares War
The violence of God can only be understood in the shadow of the Cross.
October 28, 1996
'Falling for Eve' offers bushel of bright performances and chipper songs
It's a risky proposition for the makers of "Falling for Eve" to seek inspiration in Eden. Is there anything fresh in the garden? Actually, yeah.
‘Vatican to accept that Mt. Sinai is in Negev, not Egypt’
‘I‘m sure Karkom is the real mountain of God,’ Prof. Emmanuel Anati declares. ‘Israel should be proud.’ (The Jerusalem Post)
Is Moses the man who shaped America?
In U.S. political and cultural history, he says, the Bible's reluctant prophet, who leads his people out of Egyptian slavery to the promised land, outranks even Jesus. (USA Today)
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