Our third Question and Answer episode! Here are the papers referenced in the show:REMNANT-DOTPROPHRESTORATION OF ISRAEL, Remnant-DPL Transcript 53 Q&A 3 Timestamps & Questions — Naked Bible Podcast Episode 53: Q&A 3 Timestamp Question 00:00–01:40 Intro...
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Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation
I had a brief question tonight in email about Afrocentric Bible interpretation. I thought others might be interested in Yamauchi's short overview of the subject. Afrocentrism and Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation The file / excerpt comes from Yamauchi's book, Africa...
The Ancient Near Eastern Context for Genesis 6:1-4
Hat tip to Terry the Censor for finding the Amar Annus article to which I alluded on the Conspirinormal podcast: Amar Annus, “On the Origin of Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions,” Journal for the Study of the...
Naked Bible 40: Q&A 1
Our first Question and Answer episode! Transcript 40 Q&A1 Here is the paper referenced in the show: GOD'S PLAN AND GOD'S POWER: ISAIAH 66 AND THE RESTRAINING FACTORS OF 2 THESS 2:6-7 Q&A Question Summaries with Timestamps 1. [00:55] – Acts 1:15 and the...
Scholarly Journals in Biblical Studies and the Humanities Just Became More Accessible
I've blogged about the importance of scholarly journal literature a number of times on this blog. The primary impediment to their use is that you need to live near a university or seminary library that subscribes to them or has a JSTOR subscription it can extend to...
The Divine Council and Early Christian Writers
Readers familiar with me and my work know that I think our theology needs to derive from the text, not tradition. This applies pointedly to the Old Testament -- the three-quarters of our Bible upon which our New Testament theology ought to be erected to have any hope...
Irrealis in the Book of Esther
I was chatting with my friend and Logos colleague Steve Runge on Friday about this paper: "Irrealis in Esther: On Being Told What was Not" (by Hebrew scholar Fred Putnam). Steve described it to me and it sounded fascinating. It is. Basically, the paper is about how...
Sacrifice, Defilement, Purity, Impurity
I'm currently reading an excellent book by Jonathan Klawans entitled, Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism. Klawans makes a simple, yet profound observation -- that ritual impurity and the defilement brought about by sin are not the same in OT law and ritual. They are...
Ancient Astrology as a Common Root for Science and Pseudo-Science
That's the title of this essay from the Electronic Journal of Folklore. The essay is from vol. 15 (published in 2000). It's also available in PDF. It's a good overview of ancient astronomy / astrology and gets into familiar concepts and themes that will be familiar to...
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...
Egyptology Journals and Books Available Online
The list located here was compiled for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF), so this isn't the library from Wackytown. A lot of good stuff here for anyone interested in ancient Egypt.
The Alleged Alignment of the Giza Pyramids with the Constellation Orion
This past weekend I spent some time revisiting Stuart Robbins' excellent Exposing PseudoAstronomy podcast. On of his May 2012 episodes was on the alleged "Orion Correlation" promoted in print and online by Robert Bauval. The basic idea is that the three Giza pyramids...
The Wife of Jesus Coptic Fragment: Another Update
The New York Times online science page published a short article today wherein scientists who have examined the Coptic fragment that has Jesus referring to his wife ("my wife") is more likely authentic than not. Sigh. The issue isn't really if the papyrus is ancient....
New Open Access Resource: Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies
I just came across this new journal. It's rationale is as follows: The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies intends to promote the hermeneutical approach to the study of the Scriptures generally known as Inductive Biblical Studies. By Inductive Biblical Study (IBS)...
Math and Genesis 5’s Genealogies
In view of the recent post on the antediluvian genealogies, I thought some readers might be interested in mathematical attempts to decipher them. Here is a summary of the numbers in the genealogies in Genesis 5, excerpted from the Word Biblical Commentary (vol 1) by...