It’s hard to imagine a more influential book than the Bible. When its ancient Old Testament and not-quite-as-ancient New Testament are taken into account, the Bible has been a part of the human ...

When reading the Old Testament have you ever thought to yourself what are they talking about when they say “is it not written in the book of” or “written in the book of” and cited a ...

Some, for example, include the Books of Jubilees and Enoch. An Ethiopian Bible scholar and friend once told me there must be 39 books in the Old Testament.

Chosen by Andrew Abernethy, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, coeditor of “The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness,” and author of “Savoring Scripture: A Six-Step Guide to ...

Ancestors, judges, kings, prophets, priests, wise ones and mysterious figures are the categories of Old Testament characters that Dianne Bergant groups together in People of the Covenant: An ...

The dichotomy that would pit the “Old Testament God of anger and violence” against the “New Testament God of peace and love” is patently and demonstrably false.