Browsing the archives for the hebrew bible category

9 Dec 09

You Have 50 Minutes to Teach about Hebrew Civilization and the Origins of Judaism. Go.

Coming this January, at a UCLA campus near you (or not so near, as the case may be), I will be presenting a lecture on Hebrew Civilization and Second Temple Judaism within the context of the course “Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations, Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843.” I will be TAing for two sections [...]

5 Comments Posted in Western Civilization, hebrew bible, history of Israel, judaism, lectures, pedagogy, teaching by Patrick George McCullough
19 Nov 09

Breastfeeding and the Bible at SBL

Breasts are not a typical conversation topic for biblical scholars, at least not in my experience. But they do tend to be a common conversation piece in my household. My wife, among other things, is a Certified Lactation Educator and is very passionate about breastfeeding. If the topic interests you, you may find her blog [...]

2 Comments Posted in Moses, SBL, breastfeeding, hebrew bible, lactation, social history by Patrick George McCullough
3 Jul 09

Hebrew Bible vs. Old Testament

In an engaging and intelligent post, John Anderson brought the topic to our attention again, and Doug Chaplin followed up. There is also a pretty hearty conversation going on in the comment section of John’s post. In an older post of mine (two years ago), I shared some of my thoughts on the topic–and linked [...]

11 Comments Posted in hebrew bible, old testament, tanakh by Patrick George McCullough
6 Nov 07

Exploring Hebrew narrative for a friend

I have a friend who is currently a first year MDiv student at a school that many salivate over. He currently does not know which way his career will go: academic studies or ministry. Currently, he’s so loaded with the daily responsibilities of classwork that he hasn’t had much time to find a niche of [...]

3 Comments Posted in career, doctoral programs, hebrew bible, old testament by Patrick George McCullough
16 Jul 07

Why do Jews use the Old Testament?

Don’t look at me! It’s not my question. Someone actually googled that inquiry to get to this blog post.
So… anybody have a good answer for this visitor?

2 Comments Posted in google search, hebrew bible, judaism, old testament by Patrick George McCullough
31 May 07

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/Tanakh/Jewish Scriptures/Etc.

Several folks in the biblioblogosphere (that is, the world of biblical studies blogs for those uninitiated) have been discussing the perennial question of what to call those Scriptures that Jews use, but Christians also use with a different label. The first post that I read regarding the issue was from Tyler Williams, who gives reprints [...]

7 Comments Posted in hebrew bible, old testament, tanakh by Patrick George McCullough