Dr. Justin Singleton

Firstly, you are correct that it is a major problem for a 15th c. Exodus, at least in the popularly accepted explanation given by many schol

The Near East stands at the intersection of three separate continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe (Levack et al. 2019: 17). As such, the regio

While it may not be particularly obvious at first, there is a huge debate over what literature actually is. A first thought may be that anyt

This spring (2025), I have the joy of teaching a class on the ancient literature of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant. This will be a fun c

The ministry of the prophet is that of checking and balancing the power of the king,, but the king did not always listen to the prophet. As

Most in the western world are familiar with the pejorative term Jezebel, a name no woman wants to be called. With it comes the connotation o

There are many questions concerning the incident in Genesis 9 when Noah, after growing grapes, making wine, and becoming intoxicated lies na

As one approaches the Hebrew text in search for wisdom, one is met with several challenges, one being our language and another being our cul

One of the yet unsolved mysteries within Scripture stems from Genesis 6:4, where the “Sons of God,” or the “sons of the gods” [בְּנֵי־הָאֱלֹ

Readers are told that the study of the history of religions should aim "to reconstruct religion on the basis of its extant remains: belief t