Books In Review: Robert Alter’s Hebrew Bible translation is at once accurate and eloquent Precision and beauty have kissed. by Judy Klitsner June 11, 2019
From the Editor/Publisher Loving and protecting immigrants is a biblical command The Hebrew Bible's instruction to love the neighbor appears only once. “Love the stranger” appears more than 35 times. by Peter W. Marty April 26, 2018
Books In Review: Did the exodus really happen? A new book challenges the scholarly consensus about one of the Hebrew Bible's central stories. by Philip Jenkins February 12, 2018
Critical Essay 200 years that shaped Judaism, Jesus, and all that followed The religious world we know was formed between 250 and 50 B.C.E. by Philip Jenkins September 26, 2017
Books In Review: A feast of scriptural language Sarah Ruden writes some of the most sumptuous words about Bible words I’ve ever read. by James C. Howell July 11, 2017
Books In Review: One story, three ways Robert Gregg traces five scriptural stories as they were later understood by commentators—Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. by Philip Jenkins August 13, 2015
Books In Review: The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an, by Anton Wessels Anton Wessels emphasizes points of convergence among the Abrahamic religions, even assimilating their scriptural perspectives into a single story. It's an audacious wager, and not without dangers. reviewed by Leo D. Lefebure July 23, 2014
Books Subversion and hope In two pages, you go from a simple devotional habit to being sucked into the vortex of global power plays. You must be reading Brueggemann. by James C. Howell June 12, 2014