
Category: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
73 Posts


Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Jonah
Human sacrifice in the Bible (1)

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Narcissism
“In sin my mother conceived me” – was David illegitimate?

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 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)

Biblical Art History, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Isaiah
Raphael – Renaissance Painter.

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)

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

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

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

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

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Narcissism
How to read Samuel and Kings

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Narcissism
David and Joab – being the friend of a narcissist

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Kings, Book of, Narcissism
David, Amnon, Tamar and Absalom – narcissism and its family consequences

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Homosexuality and the Bible
A biblical homophobic slur?

David (King of Israel), Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, Narcissism