r/AcademicBiblical - Page 2

114 words Confusion on El / YHWH 1,338 words Why is the earliest version of Mark so vague on the resurrection of Jesus? 149 words Ok, to settle this issue once and for all, is Tacitus reliable? Yes, or No? 232 words Are there any theories on how Judaism involved from polytheistic to monotheistic? Was it likely just the influence of Zoroastrianism? 270 words Are modern copies of the Tanakh identical to the originals? 120 words Where do academics get authority to speak the truth? 372 words How can faith in the Bible be reconciled with an academic standpoint? 304 words Is a mass hallucination a widely accepted explanation for the origins of Christianity? If not, what problems does the theory have? 282 words Did the earliest Christians from the 1st century worship Jesus ? 139 words Are the right names in the Gospels? Based on a chapter from Richard Bauckham's "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses". Constructive criticism welcome. 182 words Jesus Mythicist Discovers His Own Nonexistence 110 words Common Figure of Speech/Colloquialism? 155 words Review: ‘The New Testament: A Translation,’ by David Bentley Hart - The Atlantic 276 words Genesis Flood and Epic Of Gilgamesh, which came first and was there copying involved 612 words Looking for a long-term partner and co-author for early Jewish and Christian studies (publishing articles, maybe more)! -- think Davies/Allison or Moss/Baden. 385 words Anonymous Gospels 219 words Are Gospels contemporary sources for Jesus ? 321 words Is this what scholars have come to the conclusion for Daniel 3:25 413 words Why do we still have four Gospels? (x-post from /r/askhistorians) 575 words Genesis and Gilgamesh