One of the earliest mentions of Israel from outside the Bible
Josh Meynell takes a look at the Merneptah Stele, an Egyptian inscription from 1200 BC, which contains one of the earliest mentions of Israel in extra-biblical documents.
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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
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Uncovering the hidden lives of manuscripts
Dr Peter J Williams takes a look at how multispectral imaging is helping researchers to unlock the hidden histories behind Bible manuscripts…
Peter J Williams
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Artefact in focus: The Rekhmire Tomb Scenes
Dr Kim Phillips explores an Egyptian tomb painting that mirrors the biblical text
Kim Phillips
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Scripture and The Shepherd of Hermas - Have we got our Bibles wrong?
Ed Creedy takes a look at four compelling reasons why The Shepherd of Hermas isn’t included in the Bible and asks whether we can learn anyth…
Ed Creedy
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Artefact in focus: The Ketef Hinnom Amulets
Dr Kaspars Ozolins shares the story of two tiny silver scrolls which bear witness to the Old Testament text
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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Finding your way through Scripture
Ben Crelin talks to Dr Carol Kaminski about how seeing the bigger picture can change the way we read the Bible
Ben Crelin
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From the hands of scribes
How does handwriting shed light on variants in Bible manuscripts? Beth Vickers and Dr Dirk Jongkind follow the clues
Dirk Jongkind & Beth Vickers
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Artefact in focus: an Ugaritic abecedary
Dr Kaspars Ozolins shares the story of a technology that changed the world of the Bible
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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Digging up the Church’s past
The New Testament writers expect us to know basic facts about their world. Dr Thomas Davis tells Kay Carter how archaeology can help to fill…
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Languages in focus: words to live by
There is joy to be found in experiencing Bible languages, if you pursue them out of delight not duty, says Travis Wright
Travis Wright
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Bible toolkit: Reading with Bible-shaped imagination
Reading Scripture creatively shouldn’t be speculative, says Christopher Ash, but we can draw on the Bible’s own rich store of imagery
Christopher Ash
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Who were the Assyrians?
Dr Caleb Howard explains how getting to know ancient cultures can help us to grasp a deeper understanding of Scripture
J. Caleb Howard
