One of the most significant tensions present in the history of biblical interpretation is the difference between analyzing the text itself and constructing …

There are religious practices which, due to their widespread nature, cease to be the subject of critical reflection. Prayer to the wounds of Christ belongs t…

In popular religious discourse, as well as in part of the theological literature, the belief has become entrenched that the God of the Old Testament is primar…

In biblical text research, translation is often treated as a technical operation of transferring content from one language to another. In practice, however, i…

The debate about women in the Bible usually unfolds between two poles: an apologetic one (“the Bible has always affirmed women”) and a critical one (“the Bibl…