The New Testament account of Jesus casting “Legion” into a herd of pigs is often approached as...
Ancient Near East
Storm imagery functions as one of the most universally recognized symbols of divine kingship in the ancient...
Jesus begins His public ministry outside Israel’s religious and territorial center. John’s placement of the baptism east...
The Forgotten Realms setting in Dungeons and Dragons is often treated as neutral fantasy, a convenient backdrop...
In the Ancient Near East, the threshing floor was never a neutral or merely agricultural space. While...
At first glance, Christianity can appear to make a claim familiar to the ancient world. Many religions...
The Christmas narratives open with a repeated command that is easy to sentimentalize and just as easy...
Modern readers often treat biblical genealogies as background material, something to be skimmed or explained away as...
In the ancient world, time itself was understood as sacred, but not in a progressive sense. It...
Modern Christmas observance often treats the birth of Jesus as a private, sentimental moment detached from politics,...
