In reading the Bible, one often comes across the expression, “torrent valley”. The Arabic word, “Wadi” is the proper name for this geographical feature that does not have a single English word to describe it. Continue reading
Month: July 2016
The Strange Case of the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife”
Every once in a while, a breathless headline promises that some new discovery will turn upside-down everything you ever knew about Christianity. Bible students know to treat such claims with great skepticism. If you are patient, it won’t be long before the claim is exposed as being much less than what it was advertised to be, or even exposed as being fraudulent. This very recent story is one such case. It provides an instructive look at the prejudices and predilections of Bible critics.
The controversial text was revealed to the world in a conference held in the shadow of Vatican City on September 18, 2012. Dr. Karen King, an American woman who is the Continue reading
Bible Reading Archeology 