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Open Discussions => The Bible => Topic started by: Unbeliever on August 29, 2006, 12:24:59 pm

Title: Bible studies and critiques
Post by: Unbeliever on August 29, 2006, 12:24:59 pm
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Asimov's Guide to the Bible - Old and New Testaments (https://archive.org/stream/AsimovsGuideToTheBibleTheOldAndNewTestaments2Vols.IsaacAsimov/Asimov%27s+Guide+to+the+Bible_+The+Old+and+New+Testaments+%282+Vols.%29+-+Isaac+Asimov_djvu.txt)
wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov%27s_Guide_to_the_Bible)


Bible literacy slipping, experts say (http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/literacy.htm)
Crisis in America's Churches: Bible Knowledge at All-Time Low
(http://www.theologicalstudies.citymax.com/page/page/1573625.htm)
The Gospel of Prothero:
A Boston University professor argues that Americans, though 'spiritual,' are woefully ignorant about religion.
(http://www.thelavinagency.com/images/uploads/1213030241_prothero-newsweek-mar07.pdf)

The Lost Books (http://www.thelostbooks.com/list.htm)

The Problem of Interpolations in the Bible (http://new.exchristian.net/2015/07/the-problem-of-interpolations-in-bible.html)
List of scholars believing Paul's letters were interpolated (https://vridar.org/2014/09/08/list-of-scholars-believing-pauls-letters-were-interpolated/)


Bible Truths: the "Lake of Fire" series (http://bible-truths.com/)
The Church of Truth (https://thechurchoftruth.org/)

Textual Criticism of the Bible (http://members.aol.com/rbiblech/MiscDoctrine/TextualCriticismOfTheBible.htm)
Biblical Criticism (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_hcri.htm)
Rules of Textual Criticism (http://www.bible-researcher.com/rules.html)

Of God and Logic (http://www.ofgodandlogic.com/)

Apologetic Defenses (http://www.americanatheist.org/spr97/T2/apologetic.html)

Any Loophole Will Do (http://atheism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=atheism&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infidels.org%2Flibrary%2Fmagazines%2Ftsr%2F1993%2F2%2F2any93.html)

Quote from: Vladimir NabakovA creative writer must study carefully the work of his rivals, including the Almighty.

10 Biblical Facts That Eveyone Gets Wrong (http://lisrverse.com/2010/12/17/10-biblical-facts-that-everyone-gets-wrong/)
Top 10 Misconceptions About the Bible (http://listverse.com/2008/04/20/top-10-misconceptions-about-the-bible/)

Two Fatal Errors In The Gospel Of Mark (https://michaelsherlockauthor.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/two-fatal-errors-in-the-gospel-of-mark/)

Errors in the Bible (http://www.extremelysmart.com/insight/mistaken/Bible_errors.php)

Scientific Errors in the Bible (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Biblical_scientific_errors)

What the Bible Says a Christian Must Believe (in a nutshell) (http://afgen.com/biblesay.html)

Survey Bible Doctrine: Angels, Satan, Demons (https://bible.org/seriespage/6-survey-bible-doctrine-angels-satan-demons)

Blogging the Bible (http://www.slate.com/id/2150150/device/html40/workarea/3/)

Why do Humans hate the Bible? (http://rockhawk.com/why_do_humans_hate_the_bible.htm)

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Agnostic Review (http://agnosticreview.com/)

What the bible Says About... (http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/says_about/index.html)

Bible Origins (http://www.bibleorigins.net/)

The Forged Origins of the New Testament (http://www.exminister.org/Bushby-forged-origins-NewTestament.html)

Origin of the Bible (http://www.hoax-buster.org/contactus.html)

The Bible and Christianity--Historical Origins (http://www.bidstrup.com/bible.htm)

The Bible as a Historical Source (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook06.html#The%20Bible%20as%20a%20Source)

Exposing the Old Testament (http://www.exposingchristianity.com/Old%20Testament.html)

Bible Topics (http://www.bible-topics.com/)

Critique of New Testament
Reliability and "Bias" in NT Development
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/critbias.html)

Publishers and Versions (http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Bible/Publishers_and_Versions/)

Strong's Concordance (http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html)

Hebrew Transliterated and English Translated Torah Index (http://www.headcoverings-by-devorah.com/HebEngTaNaKhIndex.html)

Blue Letter Bible (http://www.blueletterbible.org/)

SMS Bible (http://www.biblesociety.com.au/smsbible/) (text-speak)

World Wide Study Bible (http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/)

Wikipedia: Bible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible)

Online Parallel Bible (http://bible.cc/)

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/infancythomas.html)

The Infancy Gospel of James (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/infancyjames.html)

The Arabic Gospel of The Infancy of The Saviour (http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/noncanon/gospels/infarab.htm)

Polygamy in the Bible (http://www.answering-christianity.com/ntpoly.htm)

Bible Fact Checks at Atheist's Toolbox (http://www.atheisttoolbox.com/fcbible.htm)

Biblical Cosmology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_cosmology)

Christian Cosmology (http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/cosmology_christian.html)

The Scriptural Basis for a Geocentric Cosmology (http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/geocentric.shtml)

Bible Facts (http://agards-bible-timeline.com/q10_bible-facts.html)

Biblical Facts (http://www.godrules.net/bibledoc/facts.html)

Bible Study Guide (http://mindprod.com/religion/biblestudy.html)

A Testament to Change: Early Scraps of the Bible (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001756.html)

Issues and Methods in Interpreting Scripture (http://www.cresourcei.org/methods.html)

Notes on Bible Problems (http://home.teleport.com/~packham/bible.htm)

Bible Errors (http://atheism.about.com/od/errorsinthebibl/)

Bad Bible Advice (http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Bad_Bible_Advice)

What the Bible Really Says: Some Shocking Statements (http://www.bigissueground.com/atheistground/ash-bibleshocking.shtml)

Scientific Errors in the Bible (http://www.rationalwiki.com/wiki/Scientific_errors_in_the_bible)

The Bible's Literary Sins (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/08/the_bibles_literary_sins.html)

The Perspicuity ("Clearness") of Scripture (http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2005/09/perspicuity-clearness-of-scripture.html)

Putting the Bible in Perspective (http://www.wordwiz72.com/bible.html)

Answering the Documentary Hypothesis (http://http:/
[url=http://www.carm.org/bible/jedp_b.htm)

The Skeptic's Annotated Bible (http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/)

Bible 101 (http://www.ofgodandlogic.com/morality/bible101/index.htm)

Bible Themes and Topics from a Variety of Christian Viewpoints (http://www.religioustolerance.org/christ4.htm)

Absurdities of the Bible (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/clarence_darrow/bible_absurdities.html)

Those Crazy Biblical numbers (http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1995/1/1num95.html)

What About Casualty Numbers? (http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1995/1/1casu95.html)

Biblical Textual Issues (http://www.skepticwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Biblical_Textual_Issues) - at Skepticwiki

The True Authorship of the New Testament (http://www.fargonasphere.com/piso/)

New Testament Lies: The Greatest Challenge to Traditional Christianity (http://books.google.com/books?id=f84kgvkNqDsC&dq=%22new+testament+lies%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=ET0WoB8Cq0&sig=8ZjDHjX39_F7Qn7pzJAG1mizCg0#PPA38,M1)

Evidence that Doesn't Demand a verdict (http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1994/3/3evide94.html)

Biblical Errors (http://www.skepticwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Biblical_Errors) - at Skepticwiki

Markan Authorship (http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/markauthor.html)

Gospel Errors in Timing (http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/christian/blchron_xian_gospels.htm)

Biblical Errancy (http://members.aol.com/ckbloomfld/)

Bible God (http://biblegod.org/)

Why Jews don't Believe in Jesus (http://www.aish.com/spirituality/philosophy/Why_Dont_Jews_Believe_In_Jesus$.asp)

New Testament Contradictions (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/paul_carlson/nt_contradictions.html)

The Bible: commentary, analysis, history (http://atheism.about.com/od/thebible/)

Solar Mythology and the Bible (http://home1.gte.net/deleyd/religion/index.htm#solarmyth)

How many Has God Killed? (http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-many-has-god-killed.html)
How many has God killed? (Complete list and estimated total) (http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-many-has-god-killed-complete-list.html)
God's uncounted killings revisited (http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2007/01/gods-uncounted-killings-revisited-with.html)

Saul of Tarsus - A Witness for Jesus? (http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/saul-paul.htm)

Christianity: The Debit Account (http://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/christianitythedebitaccount.pdf?CPID=)

Biblical Basis for a Young Earth (http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/young_earth_age.html)

Potter's Morals vs. Bible's Magic (http://capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4904)

Cannabis in the Old Testament (http://www.freedomdomain.com/articles/bible2.html)

Cannabis and Christ: Jesus Used Marijuana (http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html)

Jesus 'healed using cannabis' (http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,869273,00.html)

PRECISELY WHAT IS A SUCCESSFULLY-FULFILLED, SUPERNATURALLY-INSPIRED PROPHECY? (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_proe.htm)

Bible Prophecy (http://www.religionisbullshit.org/bible_prophecy.html)

Prophecies Claimed as Fulfilled (http://home.teleport.com/~packham/bible.htm#FULPROPH)

Failed Bible Prophecies (http://faithskeptic.50megs.com/prophecies.htm)

Prophecies: Imaginary and Unfulfilled (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/prophecy.html)

Jesus and his expired prophecies (http://www.jcnot4me.com/Items/theology/Second%20Coming%20stuff/Jesus_and_his_expired_prophecies.htm)

Daniel in the Debunker's Den (http://www.atheists.org/christianity/daniel.html)

Date of the Nativity (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/quirinius.html)

1001 Errors in the Christian Bible (http://hometown.aol.com/abdulreis/myhomepage/index.html)

Scientific Errors in the Bible (http://www.jovialatheist.com/bibleerrors.html)

Historical Errors in the Bible (http://jews-for-allah.org/the-Jewish-Bible/HistoricalErrorsBibleEzekiel.htm)

Fatal Numerical Discrepancies in the Bible (http://freethought.mbdojo.com/familycensus.html)

Geographical Errors within the New Testament (http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/geographical-errors-within-the-new-testament/)

Skeptic Theology 101 (http://www.creationtheory.org/Essays/SkepticTheology101.shtml)

Crucifixion/Resurrection Chart (http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/res_chart.htm)

The "Whole" Bible (http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/NT_Hist.htm)

Bible Notes (http://www.biblenotes.net/)

About the Holy Bible (http://freethought.mbdojo.com/about_the_bible.html) - Ingersoll

Essenic Philosophy and Constantine's New Testament (http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes/essene_philosophy.htm)

The Unspoken Bible (http://www.usbible.com/usbible/)

Society of Christians for the Restoration of Old Testament Morality (http://www.heterodoxy.com/societyofchristians/)

THE BIBLE, THE QURAN, AND THE HADITHS: A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON (http://community-2.webtv.net/WesternWorld/BIBLEKORAN/)

Biblical Nonsense (http://www.biblicalnonsense.com/)

Non-Religious Biblical Critique (http://www.non-religious.com/scriptures.html)

The Dark Bible (http://www.nobeliefs.com/DarkBible/DarkBibleContents.htm)

False Testament: archeology refutes the Bible's claim to history (http://www.yorku.ca/dcarveth/false_testament)

Scholars doubt truth of Exodus (http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/moses-news.htm)

Was Jesus a "good guy?" (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=120058877&blogID=241887707&MyToken=449e05ee-6765-4076-8c07-426670bcd5fd)

Should we admire Jesus? (http://www.nobeliefs.com/jesus.htm)

Jesus lied about his secret teachings (http://agnosticreview.com/parable.htm)

Why Jesus? (http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/jesus.php)

The Absurd Life: Barabbas and Christ (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/absurd.html)

Bible Law Index (http://www.giveshare.org/BibleLaw/lawindex/)

The Unjust Law Of Divorce In The New Testament (http://www.answering-christianity.com/bassam_zawadi/womans_ability_to_divorce.htm)

The Truth...Our Aim (http://thetruth.hypermart.net/bible/nml.htm)

Are You Trusting a Bogus Bible? (http://www.remnantofgod.org/B-BIBLES.HTM)

Funny Bible Versions (http://www.vexen.co.uk/holyshit/bible.html)

The Apocrypha (http://www.comparative-religion.com/christianity/apocrypha/)

The Apocrypha Index (http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/index.htm)

No Answers in Genesis (http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/default.htm)

Skeptical Views of Christianity and the Bible (http://members.aol.com/jalw/joseph_alward.html)

Questions for Bible Thumpers (http://www.jhuger.com/biblethumpers.mv)

The Bible and Archeology (http://www.bibleinterp.com/)

Biblical Archeology Review (http://www.bib-arch.org/bswb_BAR/indexBAR.html)

Evil Bible (http://www.evilbible.com/)

The Bible: What the Church does not tell you and does not want you to know (http://www.rickrichards.com/bible/Bible.html)

Apologetics Index (http://www.apologeticsindex.org/)

Countering Biblical Contradictions (http://www.rationalchristianity.net/apol_index.html#contradictions)

Textual Reliability/Accuracy Of The New Testament (http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Bibaccuracy.html)

Virtual Religion Index (http://www.virtualreligion.net/vri/)

Astrology in the Bible (http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen13.html)

Astrology and the Bible (http://www.advweb.com/kw/misc/misc/kw_astr.txt.html)

Index of /~jehdjh/bibcom/ (http://home.earthlink.net/~jehdjh/bibcom/)

Is it God's Word? (http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_wheless/is_it_gods_word/)

And Adam Knew Eve: A dictionary of Sex in the Bible (http://www.hobrad.com/and.htm)

The Truth About Hell (http://www.av1611.org/hell.html)

Ecclesiasticus (Catholic Bible) (http://www.tldm.org/bible/Old%20Testament/eccltus.htm)


These are from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington:

Paul vs. The Apostles (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict1.htm)
Israel vs. Rome (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict2.htm)
Gospels vs. Un-gospels (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict3.htm)
Bishops vs. Prophets (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict4.htm)
Jesus vs. Jesus (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict5.htm)
The Sun vs. The Son (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict6.htm)
The Church vs. The World (Everybody Else) (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict7.htm)
Jesus vs. God (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict8.htm)
Faith vs. Logic (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict9.htm)
Bishops vs. Emperors (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict10.htm)
The Pope vs. The World (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict11.htm)
Byzantium Surrounded (http://people.uncw.edu/zervosg/PR238/Conflict12.htm)



These are from holysmoke.org:

Dating the Bible (http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/dates.htm)
Hector on the book of John (http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/hect1.htm)
Is the God of Abraham Good or Evil? (http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/yahweh.htm)
Sympathy for the Devil (http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/devil1.htm)
Dating Saul of Tarsus (http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/saul.htm)


A page from the Gutenburg Bible

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