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.
Glossary
Eschatology, from the Greek eschatos meaning “last,” is traditionally the doctrine or study of the “last things.” The “last things” for an individual are death, resurrection, judgment and the afterlife; in a wider sense, however, they comprise the end of the world and all that goes with that concept.
Bible Books
Backgrounds of Early Christianity
Everett Ferguson (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987) 515 pp., $24.95, paper
My View
Bible Quiz
The Tribes of Israel
1. Which three tribes settled east of the Jordan River?
2. What tribe dwelt within Judah’s area?
3. In Jacob’s blessing on his twelve sons, who was to become a strong worker?
4. Which two tribes’ spies supported conquest of the Promised Land at a time when the people had lost hope?
5. What people turned against, and killed, thousands of their fellow Israelites at Mount Sinai?
BRiefs
Fellner awards to honor best articles in BR and Biblical Archaeology Review
First Glance
The Binding of Isaac
The Hebrew Bible Contains the Oldest Surviving History
The extraordinary achievement of the Hebrew Bible as history is rarely remarked on, but it is worth considering. For the Hebrew Bible contains the oldest surviving historical work as such and perhaps the earliest history ever written.
Did Paul Commit Suicide?
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