Geoffrey P. Miller (NYU): Property in the Bible. The Bible is more accessible now than anytime in history; work to translate into every tongue hastens Jesus' return? A Costco in Simi Valley found itself in a flap after a local pastor posted a photo on Twitter showing Bibles at the big-box store labeled as fiction. From Cracked, Luke T. Harrington on 6 filthy jokes you won't believe are from the Bible; and a look at the 16 most bizarre moments in the Bible. King David, “vile human being”: The Biblical hero seems to have been a terrible person, argues Joel S. Baden. Jay Parini on Jesus’ resurrection: What really happened? The science behind Jesus Christ: Deirdre Rose on the scientific explanation of God. Did Jesus drink wine? Tom Roberts investigates. Thomas Larson on the social authorship of the Bible. Joan Acocella on justice, Old Testament-style: The biblical book of Job is bewildering, from beginning to end — is there any moral sense in its random violence? Timothy Michael Law reviews The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero by Joel Baden. Esther Inglis-Arkell on the 9 most baffling passages in the Bible, and what they really mean. Matthew V. Novenson reviews The Invention of the Biblical Scholar: A Critical Manifesto by Stephen D. Moore and Yvonne Sherwood. Greg Carey reviews The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously by Marc Zvi Brettler, Peter Enns, and Daniel J. Harrington. Newly translated pre-Biblical tablet describes a great flood and a “rescue boat” with wild animals aboard — in pairs! The whole Bible thing is b.s. because of camel bones, says science. Rob Bricken on God's 12 biggest dick moves in the Old Testament.
