Unless a thorough study of I Thessalonians has been made, one does not know Paul, “the apostle of the Gentiles.” Some students focus their attention on Paul, the theologian; others on Paul, the man; ...

In January 2012, I began blogging a commentary on the Gospel of Mark, available at the Bible Junkies blog and now at America Magazine, which I completed in March 2013. From March to May 2013, I ...

"Christ our Pelican." Mosaic from the Byzantine Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo taken by John Martens, January 2006. In the first entry in the 1 Thessalonians Bible Junkies Commentary I began by ...

Book Briefs: March 27, 1961 Christianity Today March 27, 1961 issue Major Contribution To Bible Study The Layman’s Bible Commentary, 25 vols. (John Knox Press, 1959 and 1960, about 135 pp. ea., $1.75 ...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Baruch A. Levine, a Bible scholar who wrote the two-volume Anchor Bible commentary on the book of Numbers and the Jewish Publication Society commentary on Leviticus, ...