The Biblia Hebraica Blog

The next issue of Bible Study Magazine will ship soon and there is a very insightful, well-written article exploring the meaning of koinonia...

'Tis the season when Christmas music has taken over the airwaves at home, at the mall, and in the car. While struggling to manage a semb...

If you never learn the biblical languages, then your exegesis could always be derailed by a multitude of English homonyms, not to mention re...

Like John , I'm preparing for preliminary exams (our version of comps - but I have until July 27). At the moment, I'm finishing up w...

It's unfortunate that so many of the nuances of irony or facetiousness are best detected through spoken language. It can be very diffic...

In the Hebrew Bible, the root * qds “to be holy” refers exclusively to the state of being set apart because of associations with the sacred...

Here's another good word to add to the everyday vocabulary. Indefatigable. It's a big word with a relatively simple meaning -- ...

The M-W Word of the Day for today has a familiar ring for text critics. The word is "haplology" \hap-LAH-luh-jee\ , the "c...