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.
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What Paul really said about Women
John Temple Bristow San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988) 139 pp., $12.95
Bible Quiz
It is written
1. The Bible’s first mention of writing calls for the annihilation of what people?
2. Name the two craftsmen who engraved items for the Tabernacle service.
3. In the sole Gospel account of Jesus actually writing, with what and on what did he write?
4. A Phoenician woman, who was queen of Israel, forged letters to obtain something for her husband. What did she want for him?
5. Which two prophets ate honey-flavored scrolls?
First Glance
Does the Sermon on the Mount Follow a Rabbinic Pattern?
One of the best known selections from the New Testament is the Sermon on the Mount, delivered on an unnamed mountain in Galilee. It is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew 5–7.
The first section (Matthew 5:3–12) contains the Beatitudes (“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,” etc.).
My Odyssey in New Testament Interpretation
How Old Was Saul When He Began to Reign?
Saul was the first king of Israel. He began to reign shortly before 1000 B.C. But how old was he when he became king? And how many years did he reign?
If you pick up the Jewish Publication Society translation, you will read: “Saul was … years old when he became king; and when he had reigned two years over Israel” (1 Samuel 13:1).
Saul & David
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