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Author: Geza Vermes Within the scholarly circles of biblical academia, Geza Vermes' The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English has consistently stood out as a paragon of authority and clarity. From its debut in 1962, Vermes' magnum opus quickly ascended to become the...
Richard Elliott Friedman's Who Wrote the Bible? Dive into an intriguing literary detective story with Richard Elliott Friedman's Who Wrote the Bible?. This compelling work invites us on an intellectual journey, unearthing clues from the Pentateuch, the first five...
In our continued exploration of indispensable works in the Ross's Recommended Reading series, today we turn our focus to a foundational resource for anyone deeply interested in biblical studies - the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), 2020 Hardcover Edition. The...
On this day in 2012, the world of biblical scholarship lost Frank Moore Cross Jr., one of the foremost scholars of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern studies. Cross passed away at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking work, particularly in...
The Hebrew Scriptures were not always divided into chapters and verses; in fact it is not even of Jewish origin (Ginsburg, 1966). The chapter divisions that we are familiar with, according to Moore (1893) date back to “the Latin Bible in the thirteenth century ” (p....
This paper is a preliminary study of an ancient and long forgotten practice – swearing by the name of YHVH. According to the Hebrew Bible, swearing by the name of YHVH was a common practice in antiquity. Men and women, prophets and kings, swore in the name of Israel’s...
