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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
Israels 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
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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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The Neck and the Site of the Temple
Huffington Post: February 3, 2012
Obama: Jesus would back my tax-the-rich policy
CNN: February 2, 2012
IThe end of the secular majority
Haaretz: February 3, 2012
In the Discussion of Jesus, Jews Should Go on Offense
Huffington Post: February 3, 2012
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Slavery, Abolitionism and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship: Reflections about Ethical Deflections
By Hector Avalos
Regarding Magness and Talpiot
By Kevin Kilty and Mark Elliott
Forget About Noah's Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood
By Robert R. Cargill
Why Christians Should Adopt the BCE/CE Dating System
By Robert R. Cargill
"The End of Biblical Minimalism?"
By Philip Davies
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Television Specials about the Bible
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Essays on BAR from Bible and Interpretation
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Final Reports onthe Yehoash Inscription and James Ossuary from the Israeli Antiquities Authority.
Essays on the James Ossuary and the Temple Tablet from Bible and Interpretation



