The Logos Bible Software blog announced a pre-pub today for a four-volume book series (with ample visuals and info-graphics) that I’m excited about. Its aim is to educate (in plain language) non-specialists in the methods of biblical criticism scholars use with...
Higher Criticism
Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch: Changes in Law in Deuteronomy
In my previous post on JEDP I said this post would be my last on that topic. In the intervening days I told someone in the comments page that I would add a post to the topic – the best example I can think of for changes made in OT law between Exodus and Deuteronomy....
Mosaic Authorship of the Torah: Problems with the Documentary Hypothesis (JEDP), Part 3
I’m thinking this will be my next-to-last post on JEDP. The topic has not generated much discussion, so I’m going to move on. Can’t say I’m surprised. I’m not all that interested in composition of the Pentateuch myself. Toward the end...
Mosaic Authorship of the Torah: Problems with the Documentary Hypothesis (JEDP), Part 2
I am presuming that most of you have given Friedman’s Chapter 2 (from Who Wrote the Bible?)Â a read-through by now. I wanted to post a couple quick thoughts on why his description, though accurately describing the theory, actually makes me suspicious of the...
Mosaic Authorship of the Torah: Problems with the Documentary Hypothesis (JEDP), Part 1
In my last several posts on this topic, I have tried to demonstrate via the data of the text of the Hebrew Bible why it is reasonable to argue (from the text) that Moses did not write all or perhaps even most of the Pentateuch (Torah). I have made it clear, though,...
The Pan-Babylonian Approach to the Hebrew Bible by Ancient Astronaut Theorists: Still Dead After All These Years
I’ve blogged before about “Pan-Babylonianism” — the idea that the content of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is basically plagiarized from Babylonian (more widely, Sumero-Mesopotamian) material. No serious biblical studies scholar or...
Does Higher Criticism Attempt to Destroy the Bible?
This link will lead you to what is actually Part IV of a series of posts over on Scotteriology. I think the discussions are worthwhile, though I may not agree in all respects with the way things are articulated. Granted, I think certain critical approaches lack...
A Good Reminder About the “Original Text”
Post from the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog. Editor's note: Link's content reproduced below,From Evangelical Textual Criticism: John Updike and the Problem of the Original Text, originally published February 20, 2009. John Updike and the Problem of the Original...
Is It the Autograph, a Copy, or Something Else?
Ivan has surfaced again! Ivan emailed me this missive yesterday, so I thought I’d post it. Ivan spotlights some very interesting content in Jeremiah that pertains to our discussion. That book of Jeremiah just seems to play with our minds! Here’s Ivan,...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 4 – Which Edition of the Book of Joshua Originated with God but not the Human Writers?
My focus for this post is Joshua 8:30-35. For centuries scholars have considered the placement of Joshua 8:30-35 to be a odd problem in that book. The reason is that it is completely out of place (or so it seems) with the campaigns of Joshua. In Joshua 5 the new...