BOOK REVIEWReflections on Judaism and Christianity in Antiquityby Dan Jaffé, Rivka Nir & Yaakov Teppler 2021 About the AuthorsDan Jaffé is Senior Lecturer of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University and chief editor of the series Judaïsme ancien et christianisme primitif published by Cerf Edition in Paris. He has published many studies on Rabbinic Judaism, Early … Continue reading Reflections on Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity

BOOK REVIEWSecret Origins of the Bibleby Tim Callahan 2002 About the AuthorTim Callahan has written numerous articles on religion and mythic themes in popular belief, as well as book reviews, for Skeptic Magazine. He has also had articles published in the Humanist. For many years he has studied the myths of the Mesopotmians, Egyptians, Canaanites … Continue reading Secret Origins of the Bible

BOOK REVIEWMark - Canonizer of Paul: A New Look at Intertextuality in Mark’s Gospelby Tom Dykstra 2012 “For over 150 years the idea that Mark used the Pauline epistles has been recurring in New Testament research. Now in the work of Tom Dykstra, wide-ranging work and thoughtful, the truth of that idea emerges with a … Continue reading Mark – Canonizer of Paul

BOOK REVIEWThe End of Biblical Studiesby Hector Avalos 2007 About the AuthorHector Avalos (Ames, IA) is associate professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, the author of four books on biblical studies and religion, the former editor of the Journal for the Critical Study of Religion, and executive director of the Committee for the … Continue reading The End of Biblical Studies

BOOK REVIEWThe Mystery of Acts: Unraveling Its Storyby ichard I. Pervo 2008 About the AuthorRichard I. Pervo is the author of several books on Acts including Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles (1987), Luke's Story of Paul (1990), Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts (with Mikeal A. Parsons, … Continue reading The Mystery of Acts

BOOK REVIEWThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianismby Michael Stausberg (Editor), Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (Editor) 2015 About the BookThe editors of the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism ought to be lauded for presenting a superb compendium on the state of scholarship in Zoroastrian Studies.Not only does its treatment of more traditional questions pertaining to Zarathustra’s time, homeland, … Continue reading The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

BOOK REVIEWJesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Yearsby John Philip Jenkins 2010 About the AuthorPhilip Jenkins, the author of The Lost History of Christianity, Jesus Wars, and The Next Christendom, is a Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University's Institute for Studies … Continue reading Jesus Wars