Read The Bible from Cover to Cover and be introduced to current historical, anthropological, and scientific perspectives on the Old and New Testaments. Peter Brancazio, a physicist-turned-religious scholar who teaches courses on critical analysis of the Bible, will present you with a comprehensive and sometimes controversial look at current evidence about the history behind each book of the Bible.
Learn how Bible scholars respond to questions such as:
Why do Jews, Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox Christians have different versions of the Bible?
What do the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the writing of the Bible?
Why does the Book of Genesis contain two different versions of the story of the Creation and the story of Noah's flood?
Is there any historical or archaeological evidence for a mass migration of Israelite slaves from Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus?
Did the Hebrew prophets foretell the coming of Jesus?
Did the authors of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke use the Gospel of Mark as one of their primary sources?
How many of the Pauline epistles were actually written by Paul?
What role did circumcision play in the early growth of Christianity?
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"I learned so much about the Bible that I didn't want to know!"
- A student in Prof. Brancazio's adult education course on the Bible
What do the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the writing of the Bible?
Why does the Book of Genesis contain two different versions of the story of the Creation and the story of Noah's flood?
Is there any historical or archaeological evidence for a mass migration of Israelite slaves from Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus?
Did the Hebrew prophets foretell the coming of Jesus?
Did the authors of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke use the Gospel of Mark as one of their primary sources?
How many of the Pauline epistles were actually written by Paul?
What role did circumcision play in the early growth of Christianity?
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"I learned so much about the Bible that I didn't want to know!"
- A student in Prof. Brancazio's adult education course on the Bible