The first-century Roman world of the NT lay culturally at the intersection of Hellenism (Greek language and culture) […]
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Most of the writers of the NT grew up in the world of “Second Temple Judaism,” the time […]
Introduction Mesopotamian texts indicate that long before Israel entered Canaan, other countries had prophets. These texts from Israel’s […]
Poetry is pervasive in the Hebrew Bible—the only books in the OT without any poetry are Leviticus, Ruth, […]
The “Historical Books” of the OT, which come after the Pentateuch, tell the story of (1) Israel’s entry […]
The Name of the Pentateuch The Pentateuch (Gk. “five-volumed”) consists of the first five books of the Bible, […]
The following material summarises some of the arguments for an early date (1446 b.c.) and a later date […]
When it comes to describing “the theology of the Old Testament,” not everyone is convinced that there is […]