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 ...

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; ...

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

"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 ...

A colleague called Levine “one of the great Jewish Bible scholars of his generation.” (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Baruch A. Levine, a Bible scholar who wrote the two-volume Anchor Bible ...