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How Jesus Saw Himself
The quest for the historical Jesus began as a protest against traditional Christian dogma. But when the supposedly “neutral” historians peered into the well, all they saw was a featureless Jesus. Even when these scholars decided that...
Bible Review, June 1996
The Son of Man
Who was he?
Who is the “son of man”? And who is the “one like a son of man”? And who is “the Son of Man” (in capital letters)? What’s the difference in meaning from one phrase to the other? And how...
Bible Review, August 1996
Bible Hype
The saga of the Yonan Codex
A friend recently sent me an ad that had been prominently displayed in the April 7th issue of the New York Times Book Review. It proclaimed that the book Eyewitness to Jesus:...
Bible Review, December 1996
The Twins and the Scholar
How two Victorian sisters and a rabbi discovered the Hebrew text of Ben Sira
This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous letters in the history of Biblical scholarship: University Library, Cambridge May 13, 1896 Dear Mrs. Lewis, I think we have reason to congratulate ourselves. For the fragment I...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1996
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Bible Review, August 1996
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Bible Review, October 1996
The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism
Americans appear to want definitive answers, and the claim of infallibility—either for the pope or for the Bible—seems to suit that need.
Bible Review, December 1996