The poetry and proverbs of the Bible offer a unique view of Christ. For some, the prospect of studying the Old Testament appears daunting and quite boring. But in recent years, theologians, pastors, ...

Matching the biblical narrative with historical evidence is a tricky business. New research suggests geomagnetic data could help pinpoint the dates of biblical military campaigns. Memories are shaky ...

Through Gunkel’s influence, many scholars came to view the narratives of the Old Testament as folklore, myths, fairy tales, and legends. While they mostly assumed that some historical reality and ...

Whether or not you believe in the Bible, it’s undeniable that it affects you today. That’s true even for the most ardent atheist out there – and according to a new study from Nathan MacDonald, ...

Esther Brownsmith explores questions of gender and violence in the Old Testament in her new award-winning book, Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor. Brownsmith, assistant ...

The historicity of the Bible, or the Christian book’s acceptability as a history, is a controversial and contested field study. Few archaeological discoveries have so far supported many of the Old ...