Joel Baden

Joel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School and the author, most recently, of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby.

SACRILEGE

Bible Museum Is Exploiting Jewish Tradition for Millions

Thousands of Torah scrolls bought by wealthy evangelicals are not just being mishandled and used to boost Christian beliefs, but exploited as a multimillion-dollar tax writeoff.

Candida Moss

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ONE MAN’S TRASH...

One of World’s Oldest Bible Passages Found in Garbage Dump?

The Oxford-based Oxyrhynchus Society announced the discovery of a second-century piece of the Gospel of Mark from a dig in an Egyptian garbage dump.

Candida Moss

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MYTH BUSTING

Did Hobby Lobby Buy a Piece of the Bible Illegally on eBay?

Sketchy doesn't even begin to describe the controversy surrounding artifacts in the new Museum of the Bible, which is backed by evangelicals investigated for illicit artifacts.

Candida Moss

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ANCIENT WORLD

Does This Papyrus Prove an Ancient Jewish Kingdom Was Real?

A piece of recently found papyrus is said to prove that Jerusalem was the center of a kingdom thousands of years ago. But the timing of its discovery has cast some doubt on it.

Candida Moss

Holy Hell

Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby Boss

One of America’s most famously Christian businesses is amassing a vast collection of biblical antiquities—but some may have been looted from the Middle East.

Candida Moss

Joel Baden

Bible Museum Is Exploiting Jewish Tradition for Millions

One of World’s Oldest Bible Passages Found in Garbage Dump?

Did Hobby Lobby Buy a Piece of the Bible Illegally on eBay?

Does This Papyrus Prove an Ancient Jewish Kingdom Was Real?

Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby Boss

Pope Francis Is Wrong on Childless Couples Being Selfish

Indiana Has Never Protected Gays

Why ISIS Just Beheaded History

Pope's Shocking Hitler Youth Comparison

Why a Publisher Wiped Israel Off the Map