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The Bible and Authorship

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Is it possible to learn who wrote the Hebrew Bible – or when? Faithful readers of this blog know that there are a few different versions of the Exodus stories in the Hebrew Bible (including three variants on the Ten Commandments, one of which has almost nothing in common with the other two). So where […]

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People of the Alphabet

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The Jews are sometimes called the “People of the Book.” But another lasting contribution to human history may have been their early use of written symbols that represent sounds, not words.

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The Bible’s AI Lie Detector Test

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AI may be the tech of the future, but it’s already coming for the past.

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The 10 Plagues as Literary Nonfiction

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This aspect of Exodus has a natural explanation, but the story also seems deliberately constructed.

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The Case for Exodus: Egypt’s Testimony

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Most researchers are skeptical that the Exodus really happened. But one has found documentary evidence in Egyptian tombs that bolsters the biblical narrative.

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Egyptian History and the Bible’s Historicity

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Papyri and stone inscriptions buttress many Hebrew Bible stories, including the Exodus.

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Biblical History

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The Book of Exodus is one of the world’s oldest written texts, created long before history was an intellectual discipline. But some scholars insist it holds kernels of historical truth.

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Why I Do This

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Being Jewish is getting kind of sucky these days. So why am I giving years of my life to rewriting the story of Exodus for the secular-minded?

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THE SINA’I TRILOGY

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A profile of the novel that this blog was created to support.

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The Slingshot Heard Round the World

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The story of a shepherd defeating a great warrior is a trope for all time. But David wasn’t the first to bring this simple weapon to war.

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