Books from Clay – Page 3 – Investigating biblical history, literature, and origins.

David, a Murderer after God’s Own Heart?

Perhaps one of the best ways to understand the motif of divine law-breaking in the Bible is to return to[…]

So far we’ve seen some very curious biblical views of—and responses to—differing divine laws, which may seem quite foreign to[…]

Wars from the Stars: A New Hope As we’ve seen many examples of, much of the earlier parts of the[…]

An Empty Temple An overview of what changed in scripture before the first century would be incomplete without considering the[…]

Now that we’ve seen the nature of prophecy over time (see previous article here), let’s examine the full biblical, or[…]

Many people are familiar with the massive changes to divine law that took place when Christianity was born, even if[…]

Revering Law While Adapting or Even Ignoring It Ruth is an incredibly touching love story, making it one of the[…]

Non-Statutory Law and Apparent Contradiction How could the ancients see texts containing contradictions and believe they came from an infallible[…]

So far we’ve seen evidence of editing in the Torah, and different perspectives of its various claims. It’s time now[…]

Now that we’ve seen a fair amount of evidence that there was editorial work done to the Torah, let’s now[…]