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Do we need the New Testament? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
It's not unusual to hear people make snide remarks about the Old Testament. People are sometimes referred to as "Old Testament Christians" or as having an "Old Testament answer" to a situation. I rece...
Need a scapegoat to help cover your latest "infraction"? There's an App for that. 21 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
Filed under- "You can't make this stuff up". We are all familiar with the term "scapegoat." It is often used when a group of powerful people are accused of a crime, but escape the consequence by blam...
The Father of a Prophet? A newly discovered inscription has a possible connection to a biblical character. 19 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
It is rare for archaeologists to discover an inscription with the name of person known to us from the Bible. But a recent find in an excavation in Jerusalem's City of David may be one of those rare f...
The Passing of Paul W. Meyer 9 Aug 2013 | 07:23 am
I have just learned that Paul W. Meyer has recently passed away. Mark Goodacre has alerted me to an announcement made by Princeton Theological Seminary. Word has been received of the death of Dr. Pa....
The Passing of Sean Freyne 8 Aug 2013 | 06:12 am
The world of biblical studies has lost another important scholar. Sean Freyne, emeritus professor of theology at Trinity College, Dublin has died. Below is an article from the Irish Times. One of I.....
Pauline Authorship and Scholarly Consensus. An interesting chart. 4 Aug 2013 | 06:48 am
As any seminary student knows, not everyone agrees that Paul wrote all the letters that are attributed to him. There are doubts about his authorship of 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians and the P...
Pieces of the Cross Discovered? 2 Aug 2013 | 05:39 pm
Turkish excavation team leader Gulgun Koroglu holds a stone fragment engraved with a cross. When you are kid a pile of trash looks like a pile of treasure. I'm not talking about normal everyday tras....
Man sues over the death of Jesus claiming his human rights were violated. 1 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
File this under "you can't make this stuff up." A man has filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice at the Hague in an attempt to get Jesus a new trial and overturn his conviction. Her....
Tel Gezer Update 29 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Although I wasn't able to join the team this year, the work at Tel- Gezer continued under the leadership of Steve Ortiz and Sam Wolff. The season is now over, but an update of the work has been posted...
Monks and Bedouins Join Forces to Protect Manuscripts. 23 Jul 2013 | 06:45 pm
Saint Catherine's Monastery is situated in the Sinai Peninsula at what has been identified by some as the biblical Mount Sinai. While it is difficult to know whether this is the mountain where Moses a...
