Discovering the Old Testament, Part 45 With the end of captivity in Babylon came new opportunities and new challenges. Regaining ancestral lands and the right to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple did not mean the task would be easy. Politics and … Continue reading →

Part 45: The Second Temple

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Discovering the Old Testament, Part 50 We come to the end of this series with a quick look ahead at the Intertestamental Period, where the canonical Torah was tested in the forum of social upheaval, war, and sectarian strife. We … Continue reading →

Part 50: The Intertestamental Period

Discovering the Old Testament, Part 49 Modern biblical scholarship has yielded tremendous insights; no study of the Bible is complete without referring to its insights. And yet it brings with it certain blind spots that cannot be overlooked. In this … Continue reading →

Part 49: Scripture and Scholarship

Discovering the Old Testament, Part 48 Continuing the discussion after the canonization of the Torah, we learn how two more  sections, the Prophets and the Writings, came to be part of the Hebrew Scriptures. We also learn why some of … Continue reading →

Part 48: Building the Hebrew Canon

Discovering the Old Testament, Part 47 One of the most radical changes in Jewish religion came near the end of the Old Testament period, when Ezra the Scribe mandated the study of the newly-canonized Torah as a religious act, and … Continue reading →

Part 47: Ezra, the Torah, and the Beginning of Scripture

Discovering the Old Testament, Part 46 The Books of Chronicles often get short shrift because they present a sanitized version of King David, but combined with the allied books of Ezra and Nehemiah, they provide a basis for debating a … Continue reading →

Part 45: The Second Temple

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