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.
Our Bodies, Our Bibles
Bible Books
A Thoroughly Modern Historical Jesus
The God of Jesus: The Historical Jesus and the Search for Meaning
Laying Down the Law
Did Paul preach the gospel of Jesus Christ for Christians alone—as John Gager recently proposed in BR? Or was his message intended for both Jews and Christians?
Did One Person Write Both Passages?
Two hallmarks of a literary masterpiece are an enticing beginning and a splashy ending, and Richard Elliott Friedman’s extended version of J has two of the best. But could the same author have written both?
The title of “In the Day” is borrowed from this opening passage:
Where Does J End?
Bible Critics Respond: An Interview
Hershel Shanks: Do you agree or disagree, or don’t you know whether you agree, with Dick Friedman’s contention that J, as we have it in the Tetrateuch, is also the author of the passages he identifies in Deuteronomy and the rest of the Deuteronomistic History through Kings?
P. Kyle McCarter: In one word?
Ronald S. Hendel: Scholars can’t use just one word.
Friedman’s Thesis: An Overview
Bible scholar Richard Elliott Friedman claims to have found the world’s first prose masterpiece embedded in the Bible. This hidden book, he claims, opens with the Creation and ends with the death of David. Our two-part coverage begins with an article by BR editor Hershel Shanks, who details Friedman’s unconventional theory. In part two, Friedman’s book serves as a springboard for a spirited discussion among three leading scholars on how the Bible came to be.
Eldad and Medad
Of the 70 elders who advised Moses, why are these two the only ones mentioned by name?
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