The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.
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While the biblical figure of Samson is often characterized as driven by poor judgment, a Hebrew Bible scholar argues why he could instead be interpreted as a figure of emotional complexity.
The Bible describes the two men meeting and sharing an instant connection.
The Hanukkah story centers on rekindling the eternal light in the Temple, a symbol of God’s presence. Similarly, the Ner Tamid above the ark in synagogues is never supposed to go out.
The Book of Job and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ both make fun of preachy know-it-alls and resist conventions of their genres.
Ideas about resurrection had been developing for centuries before Jesus’ life, but his followers took them in new directions.
Whether thousands of years ago or right now, fans have always created new stories based on familiar characters, weaving their own experiences into the tale.
Given the dependence of Judaism, Christianity and even Islam on the Hebrew Bible, it is important to understand how the Bible depicts blood vengeance.
The Bible remains the most important collection of books in Western civilisation. Regardless of our religious beliefs, it has shaped all of us. But who wrote it? The answer is complicated.
Codex Sassoon 1053 is not exactly the oldest known complete Hebrew bible. So how can we explain its astronomical price?
The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
The Bible is full of stories about migrants. That doesn’t mean it has a simple takeaway message about them.
A scholar of the ancient Near East explains how loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Bible and royal decrees.
Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
The field of ‘monster studies’ looks at how texts reflect ideas about what’s evil, weird or scary.
The Jewish festival of Shavuot dates back to biblical times, but its significance has changed over the centuries.
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand’s ordination by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion opened the doors to hundreds of women becoming rabbis.
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which in 2022 begins on the evening of Dec. 18, focuses on the story of the male Maccabees. But women are also heroes in histories from that era, including Judith and Hannah.
The Lag BaOmer pilgrimage, in which 45 people died recently, takes place each year to what is believed to be the gravesite of the second-century Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after enslavement.
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Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College
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Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History, University of California, Davis
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Professor in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Skidmore College
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Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University
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Assistant Professor of the New Testament, Vanguard University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Oklahoma State University
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Docteur ès sciences historiques et philologiques, maître de conférences HDR, membre honoraire de l’IUF, Université de Strasbourg
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Associate Professor of Christianity, University of Denver
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
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Research Fellow in Digital Theology, Director of CODEC Research Centre, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland