The Bible and Interpretation

The Bible and Interpretation

Dedicated to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars.

Old Testament News

Ethiopian church speaks out on Ark of the Covenant
A Case for Domestic Abuse in 1 Kings 14? A Look at the Marriage of Jeroboam I
Exodus revisited / Did a tsunami part the Red Sea?
"Noah's Flood" Not Rooted in Reality, After All?
Adrift Again on Noah's Ark
City of David: Then and Now
A Royal Dignitary - Or a "Royal" Disappointment? Who's Who in Biblical Texts and Ancient Inscriptions
SBL: July 2004
Death Formulae and the Burial Place of the Kings of the House of David
Biblica: 2004
The Passionate Woman Who Wrote 'Song of Songs'
Beliefnet: June 2004
Play it again, Samson
Haaretz: April 7, 2004
Transferring Biblical Narrative to Graphic Novel
SBL: April 2004
The Editorial Team Behind the Bible
Beliefnet: February 2004
The Dual Redaction Hypothesis In Kings
Richard D. Nelson
Refining the theory of the Conquest Before it is too Late
Biblical Studies: Located May 2003
The Exodus Traditions Their pre-biblical backgrounds
By Walter Mattfeld: Located March 2003
An Unnamed Woman: The Extravagance of Violence Judges 19:1-30
Phyllis Trible: Located January 2003
Ten Themes Of The Deuteronomistic History
M. Weinfeld
Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
By Phyllis Trible
How Reliable Is Exodus?
Allen Millard
The book of Isaiah makes for great literature--
but it doesn't foretell the coming of Christ.
BeliefNet: December 2002
Reading Genesis
Judaism: Located February, 2002
Trauma and Abstract Monotheism
Judaism: Located February, 2002
Studying Torah: Commentary, Interpretation, Translation. Judaism: Located January, 2002
Noah's Flood
The Smithsonian: Located January, 2002
Phantom Wanderers: Two archeologists say the escape from Egypt into Sinai seems highly unlikely
BeliefNet: Located October, 2001
Fact or Fiction? Biblical stories
Insight in the News: Located October, 2001
On Reading the Bible for History by T. L. Thompson
Journal of Biblical Studies: Located September, 2001
Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho
Ze'ev Herzog: Located July, 2001
If the Exodus did not occur, there is no Judaism
Jewish World Review: April 23, 2001
On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Palestinian History [1]
Niels Peter Lemche: Located March, 2001
King David was a nebbish
Salon: February 7,2001
The Rise and Fall of the Daily Office: Structured daily prayers can be traced back to the times of David
and Daniel
Christianity Today: December 29, 2000
Down with History, Up with Reading: The Current State of Biblical Studies
G. Rendsburg, McGill
Lectures: November, 2000
Moses at the Millennium
A. J. Wolf: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought: January, 2000