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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Bible toolkit: Reading the Bible as genuine human beings
The highs and lows of faith can help our Bible understanding, says Christopher Ash
Christopher Ash
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How to read weights and measures in the Bible
Knowing our talents from our tekels can enrich our understanding of some of the Bible’s narratives
James Bejon
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Did Jesus read the ESV?
How would Jesus have experienced Scripture, and how similar was his Bible to ours?
Dr John D Meade
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Do we still care about evidence?
Kay Carter asks the Christian apologist Kristi Mair whether students in the "post truth" world are rejecting research
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Did Jesus speak Greek?
How likely is it that Jesus used the lingua franca of the world of the New Testament?
Peter J Williams
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The books that made us scholars
Travis Wright and Andrew Keenan on their favourite books, and their mission to teach Bible languages
Beth Vickers
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Artefact in focus: The Black Obelisk
Only one Judahite king ended up with his picture on an Assyrian royal monument. Find out why it probably wasn't a distinction king Jehu wa…
J. Caleb Howard
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Between the Testaments
Sometimes called the ‘silent years’ in fact this was a time of important change
Peter J Williams
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Who carried the Epistles?
Dr Peter Head meets the trusted letter-carriers who delivered the New Testament epistles by hand
Peter Head
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Artefact in focus: The Cyrus Cylinder
This stone tablet takes us back to the last days of Babylon, and a series of events that was to have momentous consequences for Judah
Dr Kaspars Ozolins
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Taking research onto the streets
Dr Myrto Theocharous explains how Deuteronomy ignited her passion to help refugees and women trafficked into the sex trade
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A conversation with Craig Blomberg
Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary and an editor of the Tyndale House Gospel Perspectives series
Beth Vickers
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The Bible custodian
Dr Onesimus Ngundu tells Kay Carter what it’s like taking care of some of the most precious books in the world
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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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Four Bibles that changed our world
These four extraordinary editions chart the fraught history of Bible translation, and made an indelible mark on Western culture
Elijah Hixson & Timothy Berg
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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?
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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A conversation with Cody Kingham
As a PhD student at Cambridge University, Cody is using computer analysis to uncover previously unknown verb patterns in biblical Hebrew
Beth Vickers
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Why are Jesus's birth stories different?
Dr Peter J Williams asks how we should approach differences in the narratives about Jesus's birth
Peter J Williams
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Making a cultural connection
Dr Joey Tan explains how he uses Chinese festivals to talk about his Christian faith
