Aside from a few passages that deal with beginnings or origins, the Bible, as received, recounts events in the lives of individuals, tribes and nations located primarily in the ancient Near East th…
The "curse of Ham" has been used to legitimize slavery. Both Ethiopians and Arabians claim the queen of Sheba. Could Moses and Jesus have been black? Edwin Yamauchi explores the historical and arch…
Edwin Yamauchi (born 1937) is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University, where he taught from 1969 until 2005. He states in the Introduction, "It is not to be denied, however, that interest…
Was there a pre-Christian Gnosticism? How fully developed was Gnosticism in the first century? Did Gnosticism directly or indirectly influence nascent Christianity? How have new texts and new studi…