Forecast: Given Brueggemann's stature in Old Testament scholarship and the fresh perspectives of this work, his introduction is likely to become a standard text in seminaries and theological schools.

Last week, I posted details of introductory courses in biblical studies now offered online, and free of charge, by Yale University. I suggested that the Will & Testament community might engage in an ...

Were Adam and Eve real people? Did Joshua really bring down the city of Jericho, and did Moses actually cross the Red Sea? And, more importantly, do such questions truly matter? Traditional Old ...

Bd. 47, H. 1, Traders and the Exchange of Religious Ideas: Case Studies of Material Evidence (2017), pp. 135-148 (14 pages) This review article presents the recent German critical introduction to the ...

The prophets launch their words into the future. Where do they land? I find it helpful to think of three major possible horizons of their vision. That is to say, as the prophets launch their words ...

Although not all may agree, I nominate as the most important work in Old Testament studies to appear during 1964 the first volume of the Anchor Bible, Genesis, a translation and commentary by Ephraim ...

This is Lecture 4 in our Yale University course in Old Testament studies. If you are new to this course, you are very welcome. The plan is that we watch, read or listen to each lecture then discuss ...