Old Testament Study Guide: Understanding Biblical History & Its Modern Relevance

Big Spring, Texas / / September 6, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Summary Historical Context: The Old Testament spans thousands ...
The Christian Century

The Old Testament, the Tanakh, and the Hebrew Bible

Robert Burns’s famous couplet came to mind as I read this book: “O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us / To see oursels as ithers see us!” In this case, the “Power” is two Jewish scholars, Amy-Jill ...
The Christian Century

Lies about the Old Testament

At least three times in this book, Brent Strawn assures readers that he doesn’t believe that Christian preachers and teachers intentionally tell lies about the Old Testament. But that doesn’t diminish ...
The New Yorker

Noticing the Mothers of the Old Testament

Why do we read anything? I can’t really answer that question. I don’t know why you are reading this and not something else, or why the other day I finally read Montaigne’s essay on thumbs, which had ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Find Physical Evidence of Earthquake Described in Old Testament

The first verse of the Book of Amos states that the events the narrator plans to relay took place “two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah.” Israel Antiquities Authority via ...