
Author: Stephen D. Cook
167 Posts


Why Protestants should read the Apocrypha

Apocalyptic Literature, Daniel, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Satan
Daniel and the Antichrist

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Daniel, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
Happy Hanukkah!

Apocalyptic Literature, Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Daniel, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Daniel’s time periods and the Lunar versus Solar Calendar debate

Lifting the lid on Israel’s ancient toilets

Daniel, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
When were Daniel and Esther written, and why? (2)

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Daniel, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
When were Daniel and Esther written, and why? (1)

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Daniel, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
What Daniel, Esther, Judith and Joseph have in common

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah
“Third Isaiah”? There’s only one Isaiah in my Bible, so why do some scholars think there was more?

Biblical Art History, Daniel, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Rembrandt’s Hebrew

Biblical Art History, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Esther before Ahasuerus

Hebrew, Greek or nonsense?

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah
The “suffering servant” of Isaiah 53 (4)

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah, Prophetic themes
The “suffering servant” of Isaiah 53 (3)

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah, Prophetic themes
The “suffering servant” of Isaiah 53 (2)

Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah, New Testament Quotations from the Hebrew Bible, Prophetic themes
The “suffering servant” of Isaiah 53 (1)

Biblical Art History, Judith, book of
The male gaze and Biblical interpretation
Biblical Art

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Daniel, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Inerrancy, Judith, book of
When Napoleon was King of England

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
The target: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (7)

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Canon, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
What Judith can tell us about Esther: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (6)

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
Defining satire: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (5)

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Dark humour: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (4)

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Is Mordecai the real hero? Irony and satire in the book of Esther (3)

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Exaggeration and hyperbole: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (2)

Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Judith, book of
“A man is master in his own house”: Irony and satire in the book of Esther (1)

Cannabis in the Bible

A Statement on Black Lives Matter, Right to Protest, and Bible as Prop

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha, Canon, Esther, book of, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Septuagint
The two (or three) versions of Esther

Academic terms: Q

Biblical scholars in quarantine

Academic jargon, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
The Deuteronomistic Redactional Layer

Academic jargon, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Academic terms: Redaction
Academic jargon, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
Academic terms: Deuteronomistic (2)

Academic jargon, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Jeremiah, Kings, Book of
Academic terms: Deuteronomistic

Reading Lamentations at Easter

Agnus Dei: a post for Good Friday

Contradictions in the Bible, David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
David and Jerusalem

Contradictions in the Bible, Gospels, Jesus
Who was at the Last Supper?

Contradictions in the Bible, David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Samuel, book of, Septuagint
David and Goliath: history or legend?

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Jonah, Samuel, book of
Jonah, Samuel and satire

Contradictions in the Bible, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Inerrancy, Kings, Book of
Historiosophy, inerrancy, and Chronicles

Contradictions in the Bible, Gospels, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Inerrancy, Kings, Book of, Solomon
(Re)writing the Bible: solving contradictions between Kings and Chronicles (and in the Gospels)

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Solomon
Name puns: Solomon as a man of peace

Contradictions in the Bible, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Jeremiah, Kings, Book of, Solomon
The Bible in Conversation with itself (3): Why two (different) accounts of the reign of Solomon?

Canon, Contradictions in the Bible, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Kings, Book of
The Bible in Conversation with itself (2): Why two accounts of the history of Israel?

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Jeremiah, Septuagint
How the Bible was (re)written

Contradictions in the Bible, Gospels, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Inerrancy, Kings, Book of
The Bible in conversation with itself

Book of Job, Homosexuality and the Bible, Israel Folau