Yahweh is a "stern imp" who "behaves rather unpleasantly" and "has been a disaster for his champions more often than not." Jesus of Nazareth was a "bewildering" figure who was "formidably ambivalent ...

Yale’s distinguished literary critic and more-than-amateur, but less-than-professional religionist Harold Bloom treats readers to a profoundly humane internal dialogue between Yeshua (Jesus) of ...

I entitle this article “God,” and I did this for a specific reason. I think if we are going to talk about God, we need to discuss a couple of things to help us be more specific about who we are ...

How does a follower of Jesus live within the world of pagan culture? Paul bases his (thoroughly Jewish) answer on the meaning of monotheism, a monotheism that is both creational and cultic. In 1 ...

The oldest reference to the word YHWH comes from Egypt texts during the time of Amenhotep 111 in the 12th Century. This was the same period in history when Yuya, an Ibiri (Hebrew) who had risen to ...

Old Testament scholars like Knauf and Romer make a case for YHWH being a storm god related to Qos and Edomite religion, based on a linguistic case. If their theory was plausible and you had to accept ...

Prolific literary critic, Yale professor and professional provocateur Bloom (The Book of J) here tackles the characters of the Jewish and Christian gods: what god do we meet in Hebrew Scripture? Who ...

In this article the author analyses the lament over Jerusalem (Matt 23:37–39; Luke 13:34–35) and its use of bird imagery. He argues the picture of Jesus as a mother hen builds on an established ...

(RNS) — In his new book, Miles arrives at some surprising conclusions on the nature of God in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran. (RNS) — Ever since 9/11, Americans have been treated to ...