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Time to Recalculate?

Why We Must Treat the Bible No Differently Than Any Other Book
By James A. Metzger

In the wake of the attacks on the Twin Towers, Hurricane Katrina, and the earthquake that brought Haiti to its knees, televangelist Pat Robertson suggested that in each case God was punishing people for sin. He was roundly condemned for his comments by liberal and conservative Christians alike.
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Cursing the Christians? History of the Birkat HaMinim
By Ruth Langer

The birkat haminim has been an enigma for centuries and an issue for Christians from at least the time of the Church fathers Epiphanius and Jerome. In the late fourth century, they both describe Jews cursing Christians (or Jewish Christians) three times a day in the synagogue,...
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The Historical-Critical Historical/Theological Enterprise: Why Are We Asking These Questions?
By Kenneth Atkinson

Regarding Magness and Talpiot
By Kevin Kilty and Mark Elliott

Archaeology in Israel Update-- December 2011
By Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg

Mixed Marriages as a Challenge to Identity in Second Temple Judaism
By Christian Frevel and Benedikt Rausche

Reading Biblical Narrative with Its Ancient Audience
By Philip F. Esler

“The End of Biblical Minimalism?”
By Philip Davies

Archaeology in Israel Update-- November 2011
By Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg

Israel’s Religious History: The Persian Period
By Erhard S. Gerstenberger

The New Testament and Canon
By Arthur G. Patzia

An Archaeometric Analysis of the “Miriam Ossuary” – Zissu and Goren, 2011
By Amnon Rosenfeld et al

Slavery, Abolitionism and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship: Reflections about Ethical Deflections
By Hector Avalos

In My View - Opinion

The Story of Feeding the Multitudes in Luke 9:12-17
By Ekaterini Tsalampouni

Social-scientific criticism should be regarded as a further development of historical criticism. Its exegetical task, as it is well known, is to read and understand the biblical texts within their original socio-historical context by applying theoretical perspectives and models developed by the social sciences.
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