

You can find treasure trove of resources, many of which are produced by our members, on the SBL home page under “Educational Resources.” The most recent addition to this list is a site produced by Marc Brettler, Tools for Studying the Hebrew Bible, and you can access it on the SBL website from the main links page as well as the Ancient Languages and Hebrew Bible links pages here.Įvents for Biblical and Religious Studies SBL highlights useful tools on the internet that foster biblical scholarship. The latter is a combined channel for communication to SBL members from the SBL Press, Professions, Congresses, and Membership departments. There is much more work ahead.įollow SBL on twitter: and former promotes content related to Bible Odyssey and biblical studies in general. Join the #mySBL conversation, and let us know what you value about the Society and what you aspire us to be. Thanks in particular to Carrie Schroeder University of the Pacific, for planting the seed. Thanks to the many SBL members who started a conversation on Twitter yesterday about the positive, inclusive, and diverse communities that make-up our guild. On Twitter? Help us reach our goal of adding 300 new followers by December! Why did Claudius prohibit Romans Jews from meeting in synagogues in 41 CE? With the Jewish new year 5776 starting in the 7th month September 2015, if there were still a Babylonian calendar in operation where would 5776 new year start on it, March 2015 or March 2016?ġ0.

My question is was the idea of a "god within us" foreign and alien to the thought of Greco-Roman philosophy, Why or why not?ĩ. Does any scholar think there might be anything to the claim that the Hebrew word "Amen" comes from the name of the Egyptian god Amun?Ĩ. How do Christians reconcile these conflicting characterizations of God?ħ. Yet in the book of Revelation God is depicted as burning his enemies in a lake of fire. In Matthew Jesus says Be like God he causes the rain to fall and the sun to shine on the just as well as the unjust "love your enemies" etc. What are the arguments in support of the view that Paul was not a Roman citizen?Ħ. In the Old Testament, where did the concept of Sheol come from? How did Israel adapt a concept of an afterlife?ĥ. What might be the reason why Paul said women should remain silent in church?Ĥ. Is there any consensus among NT historians and archaeologists regarding the existence of a synagogue in Nazareth in Jesus' day?ģ. In Luke 4 Jesus is said to visit the synagogue in Nazareth. This issue in your browser or see the archive.īelow are some representative Ask a Scholar questions received via Any graduate students willing to help us answer these and others? If yes, Do scholars still interpret "Son of Man" as an apocalyptic figure? Did Jesus see himself as the "Son of Man"? What does the term mean in Daniel?Ģ.
