The Bible and Interpretation

The Bible and Interpretation

Dedicated to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars.

"In My View" is a weekly op-ed feature that enables authors to respond more quickly to biblical topics they deem important. "In My View" offers thought-provoking opinion pieces on the Bible and its interpretation, ancient Near East archaeology, history, and media productions.

The opinions expressed "In My View" are those of the authors alone. They do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the editors of Bible and Interpretation nor its staff. Unsolicited submissions will not be accepted

In My View Articles

How and Why Academic Peer-Review is About to Change

Digging Up Women

An Ignored Contradiction between the Merneptah Stele and Archaeological Data

From Mainz to Marburg?A Diachronic Exchange with the Master of Diachronicity and A Bi-Optic Hypothesis

Theological Exegesis

Not in the Theater:Challenging Josephus's Location for the Place of Herod Agrippa's Death

A Fourth Quest for Jesus...So What, and How So?

The Mystery of Bethsaida

Jeremiah: Memoirs or Laments?

Does the Center Need an Extreme?

Arizona and the Vanishing Bible

The Sackgasse of A-Theistic Biblical Studies

Why Do Some Christians Need Material Evidence?

Abel: Murder or Sacrifice?

Gnostic Breakthrough

Byproducts of the War on Terror in Biblical Scholarship

Church History and the Art of Forgery

Rahab: Harlot or Host?

From "The Historical Jesus" to understanding Jesus, historically

Biblical Scholars of the World Unite!

Relics Still Potent: The Shroud of Turin

The Seat of Moses: A Note on Matthew 23:2-3 According to Shem Tob's Hebrew Matthew

Violence in the Bible: A Problem to be Solved?

A Liturgical Enigma

Peace in Our Time, or Peace with Honor?

Judas Iscariot, Gerry Adams, and the Betrayal of Jesus

Who Cares About the Prophets?"

Spritual Imagination

The Covenant Code and the Gate of Tishpak

The Relevance of an Apocalyptic Jesus

Biblical Scholarship and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Who Were the Magi?

Did the Kingdom of Judah Invent "Separation of Church and State" ?

Jesus Through the Eyes of an Irish Republican

What Jesus Never Said

Some Thoughts on "Silent Night"

Blogging the Bible

Another View of Homosexuality

Seven Golden Rules for Christian Theologians concerning the Old Testament and Its Relationship to the New Testament

The Bible and Interpretation Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Rabbis

The Gospel of Mark: Priority Does not Mean Primacy

Does Christology Rest on a Mistake?

Liberated from the Christological Madhouse

Abortion, Jewish Law, and the US Constitution

Older is Not Always Better: Remembering Wescott and Hort

Threnody: Rethinking the Thinking behind The Jesus Project

Why Christians Should Adopt the BCE/CE Dating System

Celebrating the use of Internet Resources

On History and Fiction in Traditional Literature

Are There Ethics in the Hebrew Bible?

Stalemate: Archaeological Research, The Public, and Our Responsibility

Admitting our Ignorance about the Historical Jesus

Biblical Archaeology and the Politics of Nation Building

Watch Your Language!

On the Curious Protests of the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition in Toronto

On Scholarly Conduct

On Those We Influence
By Thomas L. Thompson
Whose Bible? Anyone's?
By Philip Davies
On the Insignificance and the Abuse of the Copper Scroll
By Robert R. Cargill