Stoning and the Cherry Pickers
This article responds to Sam Harris’ assertion that one can justify stoning someone to death for adultery by appealing to the New…
What is the document Q supposed to be?
One of the most popular theories in New Testament study is that the Gospel of Mark was written first, and that both Matthew and Luke were…
The Original Christmas
'No room at the inn' goes the traditional story. But is that really what the Bible says?
How Were the New Testament Books Compiled?
Are the New Testament books an arbitrary or personal selection of what was available? Or is there more to it than that?
The Jewishness of the New Testament
Why a rabbi who considered the New Testament to be anti-Semitic changed his mind. Rabbi Isaac Lichtenstein was curious when he observed…