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Numbers in the Yonah Pentateuch

The opening of Numbers in the Yonah Pentateuch (14th c.), showing its ornate micrography. BL Add MS 21160. Public domain

The Extraordinary Hebrew Text behind Your English Bible


The Masoretic Text is the fruit of the genius of Jewish textual scholars who codified the pronunciation of the Hebrew text.

Kim Phillips

August 2, 2022


Illustration by Josh Koch.

The Bible and Slavery in Colonial America


The Bible was used by both critics and defenders of slavery in the American colonies. What explains their conflicting use?

Mark A. Noll

July 18, 2022


Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 5: The Servant Who Sees Light after Anguish


Some ancient manuscripts of Isaiah 53:11 say the servant sees light after his suffering. Does this predict Jesus’ resurrection?

Anthony Ferguson

April 16, 2022


Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 4: Who Does the Servant Intercede For?


The servant is identified with the many rebels and yet distinct enough from them in order to carry their sins.

John D. Meade

April 13, 2022


Gravestone

Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 3: The Servant’s Burial according to the Scriptures


The variation in Isaiah 53:9 touches directly on Christ’s fulfillment of the prophecy in his burial.

Peter J. Gentry

April 6, 2022


Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 2: Does Isaiah’s Servant Really Die for the People?


The ancient witnesses to Isaiah 53:8 disagree on a central confession about Jesus’ death found in the New Testament.

John D. Meade

April 5, 2022


Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash

Part 1: The Servant Sprinkles Many as Anointed Priest


The first in our Easter series argues that the servant is not marred but rather anointed as a priest who sprinkles many.

Peter J. Gentry

March 30, 2022


Illustration by Peter Gurry. Images from Wikipedia, iStockphoto, and Unsplash.

A New Series on Isaiah’s Suffering Servant


Our Easter series addresses a set of textual problems that are crucial to the identity of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53.

John D. Meade

March 29, 2022


Jacob Jordaens David and Goliath

“David and Goliath” by Jacob Jordaens. Wikimedia

Who Really Killed Goliath?


Knowledge of scribal mistakes may provide a better solution to the historical puzzle of who killed Goliath in 2 Samuel 21:19.

Kaspars Ozoliņš

March 8, 2022


Photo of the Isaiah Scroll in the Shrine of the Book. Photo by Dennis Jarvis

The Great Isaiah Scroll was among the first discovered. Today, it is housed at the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. Photo by Dennis Jarvis

How Much Can the Most Famous Dead Sea Scroll Prove?


The Great Isaiah Scroll is a crucial piece of the Old Testament puzzle, but it doesn’t give us the whole picture.

Anthony Ferguson

January 11, 2022


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