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.
Insight
Of all the books of the Hebrew Bible, only Esther is not represented in the collection of scrolls unearthed in the Judean Desert caves overlooking the Dead Sea.a Among the 202 biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, not one scrap of Esther has been discovered.
The Texts Behind Each Test: A Thumbnail Guide
The three tests according to Matthew I. Turning stone into bread. II. Throwing himself from the wing of the Jerusalem Temple. III. Worshiping the devil in return for all the kingdoms of the world. |
Jesus’ responses to the devil (quoting Deuteronomy) I. “No one shall live on bread alone” |
Two Takes on the Three Tests of Jesus
Triumph over Temptation
Three gospels tell of the devil testing Jesus in the wilderness, an incident so remarkable as to seem almost certainly unreal. But is it? Our author suggests a historical core to the tale, a substratum reflecting struggles Jesus faced in his lifetime.
In the Words of Hatshepsut
The Lowdown on the Riffraff
When the Israelites fled Egypt, they were accompanied by a slew of dubious characters—an odd detail that may lend credibility to the biblical account.
Searching for the Better Text
Ancient versions of the Bible are far from error-free. Happily, a better understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls and of how manuscripts evolved has helped resolve some of the vexing textual problems.
Did We Do the Right Thing?
Eve, in “Eve, the Serpent and Death,” is not wearing a fig leaf. Which is why we asked the designer to crop the painting, right at Eve’s relatively chaste waist. The full painting, by the German artist Hans Baldung Grien, shows Eve from head to toe, and in great detail. So our question to you is, Should we have printed the whole thing?
Did Eve Fall or Was She Pushed?
The first woman has been blamed for a host of ills—from inspiring witches to being the very source of sin. Tracing the roots of Eve’s bad reputation leads not to Genesis (as many people assume) but to an obscure set of texts known as the pseudepigrapha.
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