Old Testament

Hebrew terms for God appear across the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah brings them all together.

We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises.

We often treat these words as synonyms. In Scripture, they’re near opposites.

From Genesis to generative models, human creativity can echo the Creator’s design.

How Ecclesiastes diagnoses our doomed quests for happiness.

How attitudes toward Torah define American Judaism.

A grateful friend and colleague reflects on the towering Old Testament scholar.

The Old Testament professor was widely taught in seminaries and influenced many mainline and evangelical ministers.

Tara-Leigh Cobble talks about Bible literacy, podcasts, and understanding the character of God more deeply.

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God’s law. But posting it in public schools misunderstands who and what it’s for.