Throughout Christian history, interpretations of biblical scripture have deeply influenced doctrines that shape beliefs, ethical standards, and societal norms. Despite the insistence by many ...

An article on science and biblical interpretation caught my eye last week (Oct. 13, 2013) not because Dr. Jason Lisle is a “young earth” creationist (he is the director of research at the Institute of ...

A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

What inspired you to write An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation? I used some of the work of feminist, Black feminist, and womanist writers when I was in graduate school, but I had never ...

The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...

Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map. But that way of seeing the planet had to be learned, and a surprising teacher helped ...

Revealing why citing “chapter and verse” once had no meaning, why 16th century Catholics capitalized “Word” but not “God,” and why the King James Bible is anti-Puritan, Lori Anne Ferrell’s new book ...

Here's a little paper I wrote back in 2003 while I still had time to devote to academia (B.Th). It may be of interest to some; theist and atheist alike. In biblical exegesis, the interpreter is faced ...