Bible Review

Bible Review opens the realm of Biblical scholarship to a non-academic audience. World-renown scholars detail the latest in Biblical interpretation and why it matters. These important pieces are paired with stunning art, which makes the text come to life before your eyes. Anyone interested in the Bible should read this seminal magazine.

Going in Circles

The Manichaean story of Adam drawing circles around Seth to protect the child from the evil archon al-S\indiµd is found neither in the Bible nor in any extrabiblical Jewish or Christian book. But there may be a reference (until now unrecognized) to Adam’s protective act in one of the so-called magical incantation bowls produced in Mesopotamia in the late first millennium C.E.

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