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Biblical Studies
Interviews with scholars of the Bible about their new books.
May 21, 2026
From Erasmus to Maius
Codex Vaticanus is often regarded as a pillar of New Testament scholarship, ancient, authoritative, and decisive. In From Erasmus to Maius: The Histor…
May 12, 2026
Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity
Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity (T&T Clark, 2025) examines in depth the theory, evidence, and trail of schol…
May 10, 2026
The Injustice of Noah's Curse
In Genesis 9, Noah plants a vineyard, and eventually becomes drunk and uncovered in his tent. Then we are told that Ham sees the nakedness of his fath…
May 6, 2026
The Gospel of John
The contentious life and times of the most widely cited book of the New Testament. Written some two thousand years ago, the Gospel of John is the only…
May 3, 2026
The Formation of Psalms 1–3 and the Arrangement of the Hebrew Psalter
The shape and shaping of the Psalter continues to be one of the more fascinating areas of biblical research. In his recent monograph on Psalm 1-3, Eri…
May 3, 2026
Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1
The Rambam, Maimonides, was one of the intellectual giants of world history. His greatest and most ambitious work was the Mishne Torah. And now the St…
April 26, 2026
Where Are You?
Where are you—spiritually, emotionally, and morally? In this episode, Rabbi Marc Katz sits down with Rabbi Josh Franklin to discuss his book Where Are…
April 11, 2026
Narrative Analogy in the David Story
Have you ever heard echoes of the Genesis patriarchs in the story of David? If so, you're not alone! Join us as we speak with Joanna Kline about her …
April 8, 2026
The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 2
In this fifth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Chr…
April 5, 2026
The First Pastors
Most accounts of Christian leadership in the first two centuries focus on the diversity of leadership structures and the various cultural influences t…
April 1, 2026
The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 1
In this fourth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Chr…
March 29, 2026
The Song of Songs
What is the Song of Songs about? Christopher Mitchell, in his Concordia Commentary, explains it as Solomon's most beautiful poem, containing a profoun…
March 25, 2026
Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse
Does the Psalter have a unified theme or message? Davy Ellison says, “Yes!” In his new book Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse: R…
March 18, 2026
The Bible Says So
The Bible is arguably the world’s most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, a…
February 16, 2026
What Animals Teach Us about Families
Reading the Bible and rabbinic literature to reimagine the bonds between animals. Moving beyond debates about the ethics of animal consumption to focu…
January 10, 2026
Job: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary
The Book of Job confronts the troubling issues that life throws at us as we try to live in trusting obedience to God. How do we live in relation to Go…
January 6, 2026
Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning
Ecclesiastes has long been viewed as the great existential work of the Hebrew Bible, containing the famous cry "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." As…
December 28, 2025
Sarcasm in Paul's Letters
In this recent monograph Sarcasm in Paul's Letters (Cambridge University Press 2023, Matthew Pawlak offers the first treatment of sarcasm in New Testa…
December 24, 2025
Citifying Jesus
Religion and urban life are the most successful strategies of handling, enhancing, and capitalizing on human sociability. By integrating religious stu…
December 23, 2025
Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel
The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel breathes new life into the biblical narrative by incorporating the latest discoveries from archaeology, Near Ea…