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Further Reading:
Bible Interpretation
Introduction (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
Goddesses: Biblical Echoes (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
No Promised Land: Rejecting the Authority of the Bible (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
The Infancy and Youth of the Messiah (The Search for Jesus, 1994)
First Person: Art as Bible Interpretation ( BAR 39:01, Jan/Feb 2013)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 39:01, Jan/Feb 2013)
Archaeological Views: At the Interface of Archaeology and Texts ( BAR 38:06, Nov/Dec 2012)
Josephus vs. Jeremiah ( BAR 38:05, Sep/Oct 2012)
When Job Sued God ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
What Jews (and Christians too) Should Know About the New Testament ( BAR 38:02, Mar/Apr 2012)
Biblical Views: The Many Faces of the Good Samaritan—Most Wrong ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
ReViews: A Vision of Paul ( BAR 36:03, May/Jun 2010)
ReViews ( BAR 36:01, Jan/Feb 2010)
ReViews: A Lifetime of Biblical Insight ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
Biblical Views: Breaking the Trend of Biblical “Breaking News” ( BAR 35:01, Jan/Feb 2009)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 35:01, Jan/Feb 2009)
ReViews: Unsurpassed Reference Updated ( BAR 34:05, Sep/Oct 2008)
Strata: The Bible in the News ( BAR 34:05, Sep/Oct 2008)
Another View: James Kugel Reponds—Why isn’t King Solomon Just a “Dirty old man”? ( BAR 34:02, Mar/Apr 2008)
Archaeological Views: Digging in the Holy Land—and in the Holy Book ( BAR 33:06, Nov/Dec 2007)
Abraham Isaac & Jacob Meet Newton, Darwin & Wellhausen ( BAR 32:03, May/Jun 2006)
Archaeological Views: Question Authority! ( BAR 32:03, May/Jun 2006)
Wrestling with Scripture ( BAR 32:02, Mar/Apr 2006)
The History of Israelite Religion ( BAR 31:03, May/Jun 2005)
Contrasting Insights of Biblical Giants ( BAR 30:04, Jul/Aug 2004)
Why Doesn’t God Answer Prayers? ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Is Psalm 45 an Erotic Poem? ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Was Paul a Pro-Slavery Chauvinist? ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Should Cheeseburgers Be Kosher? ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Seeing God ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
From Hesed to Agape ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
The Battleground ( BAR 29:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
Divine Scents ( BR 19:04, Aug 2003)
Vision Quest ( BR 19:04, Aug 2003)
Bible Books ( BR 19:03, Jun 2003)
What Jesus Really Meant by “Render Unto Caesar” ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Beasts or Bugs? ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Hitchhiking and the Bible ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Asking the Right Question ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Does Amihai Mazar Agree with Finkelstein’s “Low Chronology”? ( BAR 29:02, Mar/Apr 2003)
Jews and Christians ( BR 19:01, Feb 2003)
First Person: The Big Debate ( BAR 28:06, Nov/Dec 2002)
Unwrapping the Torah ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 28:04, Jul/Aug 2002)
It Ain’t Necessarily So ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
First Person: Is the Bible a Bunch of Historical Hooey? ( BAR 28:03, May/Jun 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:02, Apr 2002)
Babel und Bibel und Bias ( BR 18:01, Feb 2002)
First Person: Dogged by Controversy ( BAR 27:06, Nov/Dec 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
ReViews ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Books in Brief ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Does the Bible Disapprove of Masseboth? ( BAR 27:03, May/Jun 2001)
ReViews ( BAR 27:02, Mar/Apr 2001)
Reading David in Genesis ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
Readers reply ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
When the Bible Enters the Fray ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Books in Brief ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000)
First Person: No History in the Bible? ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
Introduction ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Can You Understand This? ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
ReViews ( BAR 25:06, Nov/Dec 1999)
ReViews ( BAR 25:05, Sep/Oct 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:05, Sep/Oct 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
The Fluid Bible ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
First Person: The Meaning of Unhistory ( BAR 25:03, May/Jun 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:02, Mar/Apr 1999)
Our Bodies, Our Bibles ( BR 15:02, Apr 1999)
Bible Books ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
PUNCTUATIONINTHENEWTESTAMENT ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
First Person: Even-Handed to a Fault ( BAR 24:06, Nov/Dec 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:06, Nov/Dec 1998)
The Lost Books of the Bible ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
It’s Not There: Archaeology Proves a Negative ( BAR 24:04, Jul/Aug 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
The Law in the Gospel ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
What We Miss ( BR 14:01, Feb 1998)
The Biblical Minimalists ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
Gospels in the Classroom ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism ( BR 12:06, Dec 1996)
Ruth ( BR 12:04, Aug 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 12:04, Aug 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:04, Aug 1996)
Book Note ( BR 12:04, Aug 1996)
Book Notes ( BR 12:02, Apr 1996)
“The Alien in Your Midst” ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Deconstructing the Book of Job ( BR 11:02, Apr 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 10:06, Dec 1994)
Book Notes ( BR 10:06, Dec 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
The Catholic Church and Bible Interpretation ( BR 10:04, Aug 1994)
The Great Gulf Between Scholars and the Pew ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Literalism vs. Everything Else ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
Even Briefer ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Was Eve Cursed? ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Bits & Pieces ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
A Pierced or Piercing Messiah?—The Verdict Is Still Out ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
The Messiah at Qumran ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Feminist Interpretations of the Bible: Then and Now ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
If The Bible’s So Patriarchal, How Come I Love It? ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
The Dangers of Dividing Disciplines ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
The “Pierced Messiah” Text—An Interpretation Evaporates ( BAR 18:04, Jul/Aug 1992)
Books in Brief ( BAR 18:04, Jul/Aug 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
A Late Interpolation Referring to Jesus ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Book Notes ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Readers Reply ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Is Everybody a Bible Expert? ( BR 7:02, Apr 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:02, Apr 1991)
The Shunammite Woman ( BR 7:01, Feb 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
My View ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
Did God Play a Dirty Trick on Jonah at the End? ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Three Ways to Look at the Ten Plagues ( BR 6:03, Jun 1990)
Books in Brief ( BAR 16:03, May/Jun 1990)
Kings Og’s Iron Bed ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Perspective ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
The Gospels ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
What Did Jesus Really Say? ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Israel’s Emergence in Canaan ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Bible Books ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
My Odyssey in New Testament Interpretation ( BR 5:03, Jun 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:03, Jun 1989)
Amos’s Four Visions ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
Bible Books ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
Bringing Miriam Out of the Shadows ( BR 5:01, Feb 1989)
Books in Brief ( BAR 14:06, Nov/Dec 1988)
Can Scholars Take the Virgin Birth Seriously? ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Readers Reply ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:04, Aug 1988)
The Marzeah Amos Denounces—Using Archaeology to Interpret a Biblical Text ( BAR 14:04, Jul/Aug 1988)
Books in Brief ( BAR 14:04, Jul/Aug 1988)
Eve and Adam ( BR 4:03, Jun 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:03, Jun 1988)
A New Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Books in Brief ( BAR 14:02, Mar/Apr 1988)
Archaeology and the Biblical Text ( BAR 14:01, Jan/Feb 1988)
When Did God Finish Creation? ( BR 3:04, Winter 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 3:04, Winter 1987)
The Value of Literary Criticism of the Bible ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 3:02, Summer 1987)
Books in Brief ( BAR 12:06, Nov/Dec 1986)
The Earliest Biblical Exegesis is in the Bible Itself ( BR 2:04, Winter 1986)
The Documentary Hypothesis in Trouble ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
Bible Books ( BR 1:02, Summer 1985)
Bible Books ( BR 1:01, Spring 1985)
Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress ( BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 9:03, May/Jun 1983)
BAR Interviews Yigael Yadin ( BAR 9:01, Jan/Feb 1983)
Woman, a Power Equal to Man ( BAR 9:01, Jan/Feb 1983)
A Bible Scholar Looks at BAR’s Coverage of the Exodus ( BAR 8:06, Nov/Dec 1982)
Scholars’ Corner: New Testament Illuminated by Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 8:05, Sep/Oct 1982)
The Israelite Occupation of Canaan: An Account of the Archaeological Evidence ( BAR 8:03, May/Jun 1982)
In Defense of Hans Goedicke ( BAR 8:03, May/Jun 1982)
Is the Biblical Account of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan Historically Reliable? ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
How Inferior Israelite Forces Conquered Fortified Canaanite Cities ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 8:01, Jan/Feb 1982)
How Not to Create a History of the Exodus—A Critique of Professor Goedicke’s Theories ( BAR 7:06, Nov/Dec 1981)
What Archaeology Can Contribute to an Understanding of the Bible ( BAR 7:05, Sep/Oct 1981)
The Exodus and the Crossing of the Red Sea, According to Hans Goedicke ( BAR 7:05, Sep/Oct 1981)
A Critique of Professor Goedicke’s Exodus Theories ( BAR 7:05, Sep/Oct 1981)
The Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke—Of History, Theology and Literature ( BAR 7:02, Mar/Apr 1981)
The ‘Daughters of Judah’ Are Really Rural Satellites of an Urban Center ( BAR 6:05, Sep/Oct 1980)
The Separate Traditions of Abraham and Jacob ( BAR 6:04, Jul/Aug 1980)
Using Quintilian to Interpret Mark ( BAR 6:03, May/Jun 1980)
“Put Your Hand Under My Thigh”—The Patriarchal Oath ( BAR 2:02, Jun 1976)
Yigael Yadin on “Hazor, the Head of All Those Kingdoms” ( BAR 1:01, Mar 1975)
Cain
Strata: The Bible In the News: Answers to Cain’s Question ( BAR 36:06, Nov/Dec 2010)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Cain & Abel ( BR 14:01, Feb 1998)
How Job Fulfills God’s Word to Cain ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
The Hymn of Faith in Hebrews 11:1–38 ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Readers Reply ( BR 7:05, Oct 1991)
When God Acts Immorally ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Genesis
Introduction (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
Where Is Sodom? ( BAR 39:02, Mar/Apr 2013)
North vs. South: Why the Southern Location Doesn’t Work ( BAR 39:02, Mar/Apr 2013)
Strata: The Bible in the News: Like the Birds and the Bees … and the Bunnies ( BAR 38:04, Jul/Aug 2012)
ReViews: Opening the Door Widely ( BAR 37:05, Sep/Oct 2011)
ReViews: Biblical Comics No Laughing Matter ( BAR 37:03, May/Jun 2011)
Abraham Isaac & Jacob Meet Newton, Darwin & Wellhausen ( BAR 32:03, May/Jun 2006)
Was Noah’s Ark a Sewn Boat? ( BAR 31:03, May/Jun 2005)
Contrasting Insights of Biblical Giants ( BAR 30:04, Jul/Aug 2004)
Where Lot's Daughters Seduced their Father ( BAR 30:01, Jan/Feb 2004)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Gallery ( BR 19:05, Oct 2003)
Parallel Paths to Heaven ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Enoch’s Vision of the Next World ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Gallery ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Seven Luminous Days ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
Iphigenia & Isaac ( AO 5:03, May/Jun 2002)
Back to the Garden ( BR 18:02, Apr 2002)
The Rise and Fall of the Dead Sea ( BAR 27:06, Nov/Dec 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:06, Nov/Dec 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:05, Sep/Oct 2001)
Whose Earrings Did Jacob Bury? ( BR 17:04, Aug 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Genesis as Rashomon ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Two Takes On Creation ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
When Palestine Meant Israel ( BAR 27:03, May/Jun 2001)
Where Was Abraham’s Ur? The Case for the Babylonian City ( BAR 27:03, May/Jun 2001)
Excavating the Tribe of Reuben ( BAR 27:02, Mar/Apr 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:02, Apr 2001)
Reading David in Genesis ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
Putting Spin on Genesis ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
Sperm Stealing ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
Combine the Best from Each Tradition ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Genesis 1:9 ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Keep Each Tradition Separate ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000)
Why Did God Choose Abraham? ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Is the “True Branch” Prophecy Really Part of Jeremiah? ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Jerusalem as Eden ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
Casting Genesis ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Abraham’s Ur—Is the Pope Going to the Wrong Place? ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Teaching Creation in Kansas ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Abraham’s Ur: Is the Pope Going to the Wrong Place? ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
Abraham’s Ur: Did Woolley Excavate the Wrong Place? ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:06, Dec 1999)
Seth ( BR 15:05, Oct 1999)
The God of Real Life ( BR 15:05, Oct 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:05, Oct 1999)
Did Eve Fall or Was She Pushed? ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
In the Words of Hatshepsut ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
Parallel Lives ( BR 15:02, Apr 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:02, Apr 1999)
Toxic Knowledge ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:01, Jan/Feb 1999)
Getting Back to the Garden of Eden ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Jacob’s Wrestling Match ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Insight ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Scholars Bookshelf ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Buried Treasure: The Silver Hoard from Dor ( BAR 24:04, Jul/Aug 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
How to Tell a Samaritan Synagogue from a Jewish Synagogue ( BAR 24:03, May/Jun 1998)
Expeditions ( BAR 24:02, Mar/Apr 1998)
Esau ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Dreamer, Schemer, Slave and Prince ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Cain & Abel ( BR 14:01, Feb 1998)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 14:01, Feb 1998)
Strata ( BAR 23:04, Jul/Aug 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 12:06, Dec 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:06, Dec 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 12:05, Oct 1996)
The River Runs Dry: Creation Story Preserves Historical Memory ( BAR 22:04, Jul/Aug 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:01, Feb 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 11:05, Oct 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:06, Dec 1994)
Scholars Face Off Over Age of Biblical Stories ( BR 10:04, Aug 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Jubilees ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
How Jubilees Rewrites Genesis ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
“Subdue the Earth”: What Does It Mean? ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Eden ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Book Notes ( BR 7:05, Oct 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:02, Apr 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Illuminations ( BR 4:04, Aug 1988)
Eve and Adam ( BR 4:03, Jun 1988)
A New Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Readers Reply ( BR 3:04, Winter 1987)
When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men ( BR 3:02, Summer 1987)
Hagar’s Expulsion—A Tale Twice-Told in Genesis ( BR 2:04, Winter 1986)
Deception for Deception ( BR 2:01, Spring 1986)
The Patriarch Jacob—An “Innocent Man” ( BR 2:01, Spring 1986)
Joseph—the Brilliant Failure ( BR 2:01, Spring 1986)
Jacob Takes His Bride ( BR 2:01, Spring 1986)
The Sources of Genesis 1–11 According to the Documentary Hypothesis ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
Disentangling the Sources of the Flood Story (Genesis 6:1–9:29) According to the Documentary Hypothesis ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
Bible Books ( BR 1:02, Summer 1985)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 9:03, May/Jun 1983)
Woman, a Power Equal to Man ( BAR 9:01, Jan/Feb 1983)
The Separate Traditions of Abraham and Jacob ( BAR 6:04, Jul/Aug 1980)
What the Babylonian Flood Stories Can and Cannot Teach Us About the Genesis Flood ( BAR 4:04, Nov/Dec 1978)



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