Was Barabbas called Jesus Barabbas?
Dr Dirk Jongkind goes back to the manuscripts to find out whether Barabbas was really called Jesus
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Adam, again: why Jesus’s humanity matters
Kirsten Mackerras looks at how the early church theologian, Irenaeus, developed a biblical theology that confronted second century challenge…
Kirsten Mackerras
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Artefact in focus: The Al-Yahudu Tablets
What was life like for a Judean living in exile in Babylonia? George Heath-Whyte looks at the Al-Yahudu Tablets to see what we can find out.
George Heath-Whyte
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Starting out with biblical languages
It can be hard to know where to start when it comes to learning languages as an adult. On this page we list some of the resources that are a…
Tony Watkins
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Was Luke wrong about the census of Quirinius?
David Armitage explores the widely debated issue of how we reconcile Luke's account of Jesus' birth with other historical writing that seems…
David Armitage
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The fascinating world of personal names
How the study of onomastics has captivated generations of researchers at Tyndale House
Richard S Hess
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On worship in wartime: Is it time for imprecations?
Dr Steffen Jenkins faces up to the Psalms about enemies and asks whether it is possible to make use of them in our worship
Steffen Jenkins
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Who were the Amorites?
Dr Caleb Howard takes a look at the surviving evidence of a mysterious people to ask whether we can really know anything about them
J. Caleb Howard
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I have stored up your word in my heart: manuscripts and memorisation
Dr Kim Phillips explores the lost art of memorisation and considers what medieval memory techniques can teach us today
Kim Phillips
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The Lachish Reliefs
Dr George Heath-Whyte explores how Assyrian stone reliefs tell one side of the story of the siege of Lachish
George Heath-Whyte
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Food, festivals and the book of Ruth
Dr Michelle Stinson takes a look at how patterns of food production shape the biblical narrative
Michelle Stinson
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Reading with the ancients
Julie Wendel meets two biblical scholars who are exploring the dialogue between Classics and the Bible
Julie Wendel
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Stories that require a response
Dr Craig Blomberg shares five principles for making sense of Jesus’ parables
Craig Blomberg
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Who killed Goliath? The puzzling text of 2 Samuel 21:19
Dr Kaspars Ozolins takes us on a journey through biblical names and manuscripts in order to unravel a textual mystery
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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Was Barabbas called Jesus Barabbas?
Dr Dirk Jongkind goes back to the manuscripts to find out whether Barabbas was really called Jesus
Dirk Jongkind
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Thinking contextually
Beth Vickers catches up with Professor Liz Mburu, a Kenyan scholar who’s working tirelessly to make Bible scholarship accessible—and context…
Beth Vickers
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Echoes of Eden: how John's passion inverts the Fall
James Bejon explores how the imagery in John's passion narrative points us back to creation
James Bejon
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Jesus the master craftsman
Dr Peter J Williams looks at three ways Jesus mastered the art of storytelling
Peter J Williams
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Not in that poor lowly stable
Dr Ian Paul takes a look at whether Christmas tradition has distracted us from the story told in Scripture
Ian Paul
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Living texts
Beth Vickers talks to Dr Elizabeth Shively, Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Director of Teaching at the University of St Andrew…
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What is the Leviathan?
Dr Mark Sneed takes a look at the history of the biblical monster and asks what we should make of it today
Mark Sneed
