True Theology: Knowing and Loving God The study of theology is considered by many to be dry, boring, […]

A troubled jailer in the first century once asked two Christian leaders, “what must I do to be […]

Introduction and Timeline Knowing how to read the Epistles is very important, since they make up 21 of […]

The Gospels and Acts were designed to be read as full accounts, each in their own right, even […]

Scholars continue to debate the year and date of Jesus’ crucifixion. Several pieces of evidence, both inside and […]

New Testament theology as a discipline is a branch of what scholars call “biblical theology.” Systematic theology and […]

When Jesus began to proclaim the gospel, the Sadducees, Essenes, and Pharisees were also laying claim to Israel’s […]

The first-century Roman world of the NT lay culturally at the intersection of Hellenism (Greek language and culture) […]

Most of the writers of the NT grew up in the world of “Second Temple Judaism,” the time […]

Introduction Mesopotamian texts indicate that long before Israel entered Canaan, other countries had prophets. These texts from Israel’s […]

Poetry is pervasive in the Hebrew Bible—the only books in the OT without any poetry are Leviticus, Ruth, […]

The “Historical Books” of the OT, which come after the Pentateuch, tell the story of (1) Israel’s entry […]

The Name of the Pentateuch The Pentateuch (Gk. “five-volumed”) consists of the first five books of the Bible, […]

The following material summarizes some of the arguments for an early date (1446 b.c.) and a later date (c. […]

When it comes to describing “the theology of the Old Testament,” not everyone is convinced that there is […]