BOOK REVIEWThe First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark's Gospel by Helen K. Bond 2020 About the AuthorHelen K. Bond is senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of Edinburgh and director of the Edinburgh Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. About the BookWhat difference does it make to identify Mark's … Continue reading The First Biography of Jesus
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The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible
BOOK REVIEWThe Skeptic's Annotated Bible by Steve Wells 2012 About the AuthorSteve Wells is the author of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible and Drunk with Blood: God's killings in the Bible. He also created and maintains the website http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com and http://www.dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com. When he's not critiquing the "holy books", he can usually be found with a field … Continue reading The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible
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The Lost Book of Moses
BOOK REVIEWThe Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible by Chanan Tigay 2016 About the AuthorChanan Tigay is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Middle East, 9/11, and the United Nations for numerous magazines, newspapers, and wires. Born in Jerusalem, Tigay holds degrees from Columbia University and the University of … Continue reading The Lost Book of Moses
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The Exodus
BOOK REVIEWThe Exodus: How It Happened and Why It Matters by Richard Elliott Friedman 2017 About the AuthorRICHARD ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN is one of the premier bible scholars in the country. He earned his doctorate at Harvard and was a visiting fellow at Oxford and Cambridge, a Senior Fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research … Continue reading The Exodus
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Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts
BOOK REVIEWPlato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts: Cosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in the Primordial History by Russell E. Gmirkin 2022 About the AuthorRussell E. Gmirkin is an independent researcher specializing in Greek sources used in the Hebrew Bible. He is best known for his 2006 book Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus and … Continue reading Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts
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The Origins of Judaism
BOOK REVIEWThe Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal by Yonatan Adler 2022 About the AuthorYonatan Adler is associate professor in the department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Ariel University in Israel. He has served as a member of the State of Israel’s Council for Archaeology since his 2018 appointment by the Minister … Continue reading The Origins of Judaism
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Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament
BOOK REVIEWMesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament by Robin Baker 2022 About the AuthorRobin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Winchester and a Fellow of University College London. He took his BA at the University of London and his PhD at the … Continue reading Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament
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