The alphabet and the ancient world
Dr Kaspars Ozolins shares the story of a technology that changed the world of the Bible and still influences how we live today
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Bible toolkit: The strange case of Jannes and Jambres
Christopher Ash explains how Bible scholarship can help us make sense of tricky phrases
Christopher Ash
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Following the Bible's paper trail
What is the physical evidence for the text of the New Testament and how far back does it actually go?
Dr Dirk Jongkind
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Bible toolkit: Diving deeper
Christopher Ash looks at scholarship that can reveal hidden depths in familiar passages
Christopher Ash
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Do the nativity accounts match up?
Dr Peter J Williams asks how we should approach differences in the narratives about Jesus's birth
Dr Peter J Williams
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How scepticism became a bestseller
Prof Bart D Ehrman has sold millions of books questioning the reliability of the Bible, but his arguments are far from irrefutable
Dr Peter J Williams
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Learn the secrets of the Leningrad Codex
How Mediaeval scholars reproduced the text of the Bible with astonishing accuracy
Dr Kim Phillips
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Bible toolkit: Keep the faith
Christopher Ash shows how scholarship can help us better understand passages we struggle with
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Reading the Psalms in Hebrew
Dr Peter J Williams discovers how the original language of the Psalter uses sounds and poetic devices to reinforce the meaning of the text
Dr Peter J Williams
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Where did verse numbers come from?
The way our Bibles are split into sections affects how we read Scripture. But where did these divisions come from?
Dr Peter J Williams
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5 answers to 5 questions about New Testament manuscripts
If experts differ about which sources are the most accurate, how can we have confidence in our Bible translations?
Dr Peter J Williams
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A little Greek goes a long way
Getting familiar with Bible languages can have huge benefits — and it may be easier than you think
Dr Peter J Williams
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How the Babylonians recorded biblical events
Ancient Near Eastern sources can give valuable insights into the world the Old Testament was written in
Dr Caleb Howard
