This lecture delivered by Dr. Alan Millard in November was recently posted on the Lanier Theological Library's website: www.LanierTheologicalLibrary.org His...
Hi, list! 1. I'll begin with Robert Alter excellent translation of Gen 3:6: "And the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and that it was lust to...
Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah....
With apologies for the cross-posting. Enjoy the holiday season with a good archaeology book! The Final Reports of The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon are now...
Joan Taylor in this book strengthens the (already-strong) case that some Essenes lived at Qumran and elsewhere for parts of the first centuries BCE and CE. The...
With apologies for the cross-posting. We at Eisenbrauns congratulate Oded Lipschits and David Vanderhooft, who were awarded the 2012 G. Ernest Wright Award by...
Dear list members: I appreciate your patience and Dr. Shepherd's kind response. I had spoken of an addendum to my post on the formula (rubric) I constructed...
1) John J. Collins, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography (Princeton UP, copyright 2013[?]). This "Lives of Great Religious Books" series contribution offers a...
Hi List, On another discussion list to which I co-moderate, the question was raised about the relationship between pesher exegesis and NT interpretation. It...
Dear all, Can anyone point me to recent studies on the use of reigns of kings, such as David and Solomon's 40 years each or Asa's 41 years, as literary topoi? ...
Might someone direct me to resources that detail how various discoveries in the late 19th and the 20th century (e.g. Cairo Geniza, DSS, ostraca, etc.) directly...
George F. Somsel has succinctly criticized my historical interpretation of the Patriarchal narratives as follows: “You treat the scriptures as an historical...
Is the Patriarchs’ Hebron located in a completely different part of Canaan than King David’s Hebron? According to I and II Samuel, the location of King...
Ezekiel 16: 3 famously and mysteriously says, in the KJV translation: “And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of...
Dear List Members, Hi!!! I was able to (barely) hear Professor Yuval Goren on Part 1 of a LandMinds interview which I found the link to on Dr. Todd Bolen's...
Dear List Members, Hi!!! Have any of you read about the 500 fingerprint jar handles found at Khirbet Qeiyafa. Dr. Todd Bolen posted some information on his...
Dear Dr. Levin, Hi!!! I really enjoyed reading your article: "Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem?" in Biblical Archaeology Review. Has anyone that you know...
Marketing Director / Acquisitions Editor June, 2012 Eisenbrauns is accepting applications for a position that combines marketing and manuscript acquisitions....
Dear Dr. Shepherd and List Members, Hi!!! Have you all ever thought about having a discussion about the Bible's composition through the centuries? Someone...
Dear List Members, Hi!!! In Genesis 10:25 it says: "Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided;" I'm sure that...
Who Is Rebekah’s Mother? Isaac’s wife Rebekah lives in “Hurrianland”/XRN, near the city of nahor/the city of Harran, in Naharim, which is the name used...
Dear List Members, Hi!!! When King Saul cannot get any response from Yahweh and his prophets, he goes to the Witch of Endor and she brings up Samuel's spirit....
Dear List Members, Hi!!! In I Corinthians 9:27 Paul says: "No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not...
A question regarding this was recently raised. While I stated that I was not a minimalist, I also stated that I thought that our understanding of the...
