Category: Biblical Sources

• Why Priests and Sacrifices?

  

  I have written several pieces explaining the fact that God, as He is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, did not want His people to perform sacrifices to Him. Yet the vast majority of the Pentateuch is all about sacrifices and offerings. Why?

  Doug Martin

  April 6, 2025

  Biblical Prophecy, Biblical Sources, Christianity/Bible, Deuteronomy, Documentary Hypothesis, Following Christ, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Bible Compilation, Holy Spirit, Israel, Jesus, Jewish Law, Jewish Temple, New Covenant

  Christian Message, Hebrew Bible, Judaism, Sacrifice, Spirit of God, Temple

• How Old is the Hebrew Bible?

  

  How old are the books of the Hebrew Bible, and why should we care? Since the Bible is likely the most influential book ever written, we deserve to know the truth of its composition and history.

  Doug Martin

  March 25, 2025

  Biblical Sources, Documentary Hypothesis, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Bible Compilation

  Christianity/Bible, Hebrew Bible, Judaism

• Searching for the Bible’s Sources

  

  Many laymen dispute that the Pentateuch was written by several distinct authors. Biblical scholars don’t. But they disagree on who those authors were and what they wrote. If we stipulate that the authors of the Documentary Hypothesis wrote the Pentateuch, what can we discover about their backgrounds and worldviews? Let’s see.

  Doug Martin

  January 30, 2025

  Biblical Sources, Documentary Hypothesis, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Bible Compilation, Jewish Law, Jewish Temple, moses, Moses Scroll

  Biblical Sources, Documentary Hypothesis, Hebrew Bible