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Using Quintilian to Interpret Mark

By Helmut Koester
044 The passage from Mark which follows, has always been a puzzle: If your hand offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled, than with both hands to depart for hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot offends...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1980

The Holy Bible: A Buyer’s Guide

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
37 Walk through the religion section of any major bookstore, and you’ll see an amazing array of Bibles. The broad selection of translations (also called versions)—and the seemingly endless ways in which they are packaged—is without historical...
Bible Review, Fall 2005

What America Believes About the Bible

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Late 20th century and (thus far) early 21st century Americans are surely the most prodded, probed and polled people in history. Pollsters contact, calculate and communicate Americans’ views on every topic imaginable (and some that, frankly, I couldn’t imagine), from political persuasions to sexual...
Bible Review, Winter 2005

How the Bible Became the Kynge’s Owne English

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
015 016 In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture Alister McGrath...
Bible Review, December 2003

The Gospel of Thomas

Does it contain authentic sayings of Jesus?
By Helmut KoesterStephen J. Patterson
028 Scholars have long theorized that collections of Jesus’ sayings circulated in the decades following his death and that therefore they would be among the earliest witnesses to his message. Modern critical scholars have even been able to...
Bible Review, April 1990

Biblical Views: Text Archaeology: The Finding of Lightfoot’s Lost Manuscripts

By Ben Witherington III
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2014

Biblical Views: It’s About Time—Easter Time

By Ben Witherington III
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2016

Biblical Views: Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture: How Did They Function?

By Ben Witherington III
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2007

The Bible in the News: Post-Babel Babble

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2016

Strata: The Bible In the News: The Royal Treatment

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2013

Strata: The Bible In the News: Who’s Afraid of Abishag?

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2011

What Gets Lost in Translation

Never forget that every translation is an interpretation.
By Ben Witherington III
Bible Review, April 2002

Paul, Christian Community and the Jews

As a 14-year-old boy in Nazi Germany, I had to choose a verse from the Bible for my confirmation. My choice was Romans 1:16.
By Helmut Koester
Bible Review, June 1996

ReViews: From Genesis to Revelation in Pictures and Maps

Discovery House Bible Atlas
By John A. Beck
Reviewed by Ben Witherington III
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2016

ReViews: Behold the Beasts

Beasts of the Bible
DVD, 90 minutes $49.99
Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2010

Asking the Right Question

To get the most out of the New Testament, you need to know what kind of books you’re reading.
By Ben Witherington III
Bible Review, April 2003

What the Left Behind Series Left Out

A biblical text taken out of its original context can mean whatever anyone wants it to mean.
By Ben Witherington III
Bible Review, August 2002

ReViews: Short-Takes on Ancient Israel and on Jesus

Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2012

ReViews: Biblical Comics No Laughing Matter

The Book of Genesis Illustrated
By R. Crumb
Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2011

Finding Morality In Luke’s Disturbing Parables

Are there limits to love and generosity? Is wealth a good thing? Should justice be impartial? Does following the commandments and giving to the poor make a person acceptable to God? Luke has a few surprises for us.
By Helmut Koester
Bible Review, October 1992

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