Ancient Assyria… The Weekly Roundup – 5.10.19 10 May 201930 Apr 2019 "What would lead people to make all this stuff up – all of it – from scratch? Not just embroidering or adding to existing stories about an existing person, but…
Ancient Egypt… The Weekly Roundup – 5.3.19 3 May 201930 Apr 2019 It’s gotten all mixed up, you see, as it was bound to after thousands and thousands of years of dogma and tradition. Religion doesn’t spawn morality. Intelligence spawns morality,which inevitably gives…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: The Golden Calf Incident 1 Nov 201829 Oct 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 138. Closer examination of the narrative in Exodus 32, however, reveals much…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Three Different Versions of the Ten Commandments 25 Oct 201822 Oct 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Literary and Historical Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 123. It is important to note that the Bible contains three different versions…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Embellishment in the Exodus Story 18 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Literary and Historical Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 108. Given the importance of the Exodus, it is not surprising that…
'The Old Testament' (2014)… Michael D. Coogan: Tricking Yahweh 16 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 Michael D. Coogan, The Old Testament: A Literary and Historical Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, third edition (OUP, 2014), 99. Following the narrative of the call of Moses in chapters 3.1-4.17…
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia… Digital Hammurabi: Textual Criticism (3): Textual Criticism and the Hebrew Bible 18 Jul 20182 Jul 2018 Yesterday I posted a link to the second video in Dr. Joshua Bowen's series on the topic of textual criticism where he discussed some of the methods and rules utilized…
'The Exodus: How It Happened and Why It Matters' (2017)… Richard Elliot Friedman: “Let’s Do the Math” 4 Jul 20187 Jun 2018 Richard Elliot Friedman, The Exodus: How It Happened and Why It Matters (New York, NY: HarperOne, 2017), 64-65. So let's do the math: Eight out of eight Israelites with Egyptian names…
Apologists… Using the Bible to Date the Exodus 22 Jun 20182 Aug 2018 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. Hosea 11:1, NRSV The pivotal event in the history of ancient Israel is an…
