The Question of Scripture

and the Christian Response: Historical and Literary Analysis

The Old Testament

The Historicity of the Bible, by Dr. Gordon Hugenberger

From Garden to Exile:  A Thematic and Canonical Analysis of the Old Testament

The Genesis Account and the Documentary Hypothesis

The Genesis Account and the Narrative of Science

Does the Bible Have Evidence of God's Design?  A Sociological Glance at the Torah

Why Did God Choose a "Chosen People"?  Why Not Just Skip Right to Jesus? (one document)

* Reason #1: To Be a Microcosm of All Humanity, Not a Race or Ethnicity

* Reason #2: To Live by God's Word and Hope for a Happy Ending

* Reason #3: To Diagnose the Evil Internal to Human Nature

* Reason #4: To Suffer on Behalf of the World

* Reason #5: To Document the Diagnosis

* Reason #6: To Anticipate God's Dwelling Within People

* Reason #7: To Oppose Pagan Temple Systems and Glimpse the Trinity

* Reason #8: To Anticipate the Messiah and His Mission

Slavery in the Bible, Slavery Today (and ppt)

The Troubling Acts of God:  Noah's Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Egyptian Firstborn, and the Canaanites

The Troubling Acts of God:  The Destruction of the Canaanites

Helpful books and articles:

* C.S. Lewis, "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism" in the book Christian Reflections

 

The New Testament

Informal Controlled Oral Tradition and the Synoptic Gospels, by Kenneth Bailey

The Resurrection of Jesus:  Its History and Meaning

The Formation of the New Testament

Why Not the Gospel of Thomas?  Or Judas?

Reconciling the Gospels: The Demoniac Stories

Women in Church Leadership part 1 and part 2

  

Hope Filled Full:  How the New Testament Quotes from the Old Testament
Part One:  The New Testament and the Hopes of the Pentateuch

Part Two:  The New Testament and the Hopes of Isaiah

Part Three:  The New Testament and the Hopes of the Psalms

Part Four:  The New Testament and the Hopes of the Septuagint

 

Studies of Scripture:

The Torah (Teaching)

The Nevi'im (Prophets)

The Ketuvim (Writings)

The Messiah (Gospels, Acts, Letters)

 

 

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