I've gotten a couple questions recently about the Angel Scroll. It seems a fair number of people out there think it's real. If that's you, get ready to be disappointed. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, over ten years ago (probably closer to fifteen as...
Dead Sea Scrolls
Naked Bible 36: Acts 1:12-26
Acts 1:12-26 This episode focuses on the decision to replace Judas and restore the number of disciples to 12. There are several issues of interest: What was an apostle? What was the significance of the criteria for choosing the replacement for Judas? What are the OT...
Shrine to Moon God Sin Discovered in Israel
A number of websites and blogs I subscribe published this bit of news today. The article from Salon.com is representative. The first paragraph reads: A massive crescent-shaped stone structure has been discovered just a few miles northwest of the Sea of Galilee in...
Journal Article on Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
My thanks are due to the generous policy of Tyndale Bulletin for allowing me to post a link to a scholarly article that appears in the most recent issue. The article is entitled: Monotheism and the Language of Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea...
Why Study Ancient Texts Outside the Bible?
It may seem amiss for this blog to recommend the reading and study of books external to the Bible - anything "non-canonical" or "uninspired." Actually, it isn't. This blog is called the Naked Bible because I want to present the Bible unfiltered through creeds and...
Why Should You Care About the Septuagint?
Here's one answer. The link leads to the Oxford University Press website and points to a new book on the LXX. But it also contains a good overview answer to the question that I'd recommend to readers. Here's a related answer that I wrote for Bible and Spade in 2010....
Hebrew, Ugaritic, and ANE Archaeology Titles That Need Some Love
As readers know, every once in a while some items that we're working on at Logos Bible Software are in need of a a little push to get them into production. There are hundreds of such items on the Logos website, but these are near and dear to someone like me. I'm...
Dictionary of Classical Hebrew: A Unique, Indispensable Tool
I heard in the office today that the Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (DCH; 8 vols; ed. David J. A. Clines) is almost at the development threshold on pre-pub. It needs only a couple dozen more orders to become a digital reality. I don't often blog about Logos pre-pubs....
High Resolution Images of Dead Sea Scrolls Now Online
Pretty cool. Over 5,000 high resolution images of the scrolls are now available online. This is an awesome site for scrolls research in general, too. Enjoy!
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 021
In the last podcast, I recommended the best books and reference sources for understanding the religion and culture of the ANE for OT study. This episode wraps up my overview of taking the Bible's own context seriously by immersing oneself into the intellectual...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 019: Second Temple Texts in Translation
The series on Bible study continues with the emphasis on interpreting the Bible in its own context. The context we're discussing is the world of the ancient Near East (with respect to the OT) and the Second Temple period with respect to the NT. Interpreting the Bible...
Fragments of the Book of Nehemiah Found in Qumran Cave 4 Material
Everyone knows that no portion of Esther and Nehemiah were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls . . . until now.
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Online
Pretty cool - high resolution images of several of the most important scrolls are now online for free viewing / reading as part of the The Digital Dead Seas Scrolls project.
Regional SBL Papers
[Note: For other posts on Mike's work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] [Note to those who left comments on this post: I have fixed the bad link in the earlier post.] Here are my two regional SBL papers (keep in mind that in both I spent part of my...
Divine Plurality in the Dead Sea Scrolls
UPDATE: I have revised this paper and it has been published in the scholarly journal, Tyndale Bulletin.] [Note: For other posts on Mike's work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] I'm currently at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA for the Pacific...