Biblical Scholarship… Jonah and the… 14 Feb 2019 The story of Jonah found in the book which bears his name is one of the best known in all the Hebrew Bible. Unwilling to warn the Assyrian capital of…
Antiochus IV… Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel, part 2 8 Dec 20188 Dec 2018 In this series we are exploring the claim made by pop-apologist SJ Thomason in her post "Did Daniel the Prophet Accurately Predict the Timing of Jesus' Death?"1 that the prophetic utterance…
Ancient History… Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel, part 1 2 Dec 201817 Dec 2018 "Fulfilled prophecies are what distinguish the Bible from other holy texts and are evidence of direct revelations by God." - SJ Thomason.1 In a bid to demonstrate the superiority of…
Ancient Israel… The Weekly Roundup – 11.2.18 2 Nov 20183 Nov 2018 Check these out, comrades! Twitter user @bibhistctxt continues his series over at his blog on ancient Israelite origins in "Israelite Origins: Late Date Exodus." The "late date" for the Exodus…
'Scientific Facts in the Bible' (2016)… Invasion of the Bible Snatchers: Ray Comfort’s ‘Scientific Facts in the Bible’ – Hanging on Nothing 22 Oct 201820 Jan 2019 To see other posts in this series, please go to the series' page. In the previous installment of "Invasion of the Bible Snatchers" you were introduced to Ray Comfort and…
'The Bible for Normal People' (podcast)… Pete Enns on Ecclesiastes 18 Jul 201828 Jun 2018 Old Testament scholar Pete Enns recently did a podcast episode on his The Bible for Normal People where he discussed the curious book of Ecclesiastes. Enns doesn't shy away from the…
ANE… Pixels and Papyrus on the Identity of Behemoth 5 Jul 201822 Jun 2018 I grew up a Young Earth Creationist who believed, among other things, that humans and dinosaurs walked the planet together. They were probably even on Noah's ark! Most if not…
1 Chronicles… Biblical Historical Context: A Good Reason to Pay Attention to the Geneaologies in Chronicles 4 Jul 20184 Jul 2018 As someone who recently got done reading 1-2 Chronicles, I can attest to the fact that some parts of it are unbelievably boring. This is especially true of the genealogies. I…
Book of Psalms… Musings on Mark: The Baptism of Jesus (2) – Baptized in the Spirit 9 May 20189 May 2018 "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." Mark 1:11b, NRSV In my first post covering Jesus' baptism I argued that the baptism Jesus underwent implied…
ANE… Evangelical Eisegesis: SJ Thomason and “God’s Promises,” part 1 19 Jan 2018 The last post I did on "Evangelical Eisegesis" covered the Twitter ramblings of Greg Locke, the veritable gift that keeps on giving. Today's post will cover a similar fountain of…
