To make it easier to find past articles, I’ve created this list of articles arranged roughly by the biblical order of the stories and topics they cover.
Old Testament
The Pentateuch
- Creation in the Bible
- The ages of the patriarchs
- The flood story and its sources
- The flood story and its Mesopotamian origins
- Noah’s drunkenness and the curse of Ham/Canaan
- Who was Nimrod?
- The Tower of Babel
- Melchizedek
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- The Story of Joseph
- The House of Joseph
- The plagues of Egypt
- Two different Moses traditions
- The golden calves of Aaron and Jeroboam
- Balaam and the talking donkey
The Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles
- Canaanites, Amorites, and Hittites
- The twelve tribes of Israel
- The tale of Ezer and Elead
- Joshua’s long day
- Shamgar ben Anat
- The Ark of the Covenant
- Saul and the Witch of Endor
- The rivalry between Gibeon and Jerusalem
- David and Goliath
- Jezebel and the murder of Naboth
- Slavery and the temple
The Prophets
Psalms
Israelite Religion
- The origins of Yahweh
- Yahweh and the Shema
- The god Bethel in the Bible and history
- The god Resheph in the Bible and history
New Testament
The Gospels
- Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus
- Matthew’s nativity story
- Mark’s parable of the sower
- Mark and the Sea of Galilee
- Luke’s genealogy of Jesus
- Luke’s nativity story
- Marriage and the afterlife in Luke
- Luke’s Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
- The Fall of Satan in Luke 10:18
- Is John out of order?
- High priests in the Gospels and Acts
- Jesus the shapeshifter
- The Herodian family
The Synoptic Problem
- Editorial fatigue in the Synoptics
- The Parable of the Talents/Pounds
- The Beelzebul controversy
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Luke, Matthew, and the Didache
- Luke, Mark, and the Great Omission
Acts
- Simon Magus and Paul
- Paul and Barnabas mistaken for Zeus and Hermes
- Epimenides and Paul at the Areopagus
- Paul’s sea voyage and shipwreck
Is That in the Bible? 