A Word of Thanks

Dear readers,

I deeply appreciate your attention, comments, and perspectives. Thank you! Over the past 15 years you have helped me to refine my research in the field of Biblical Anthropology, an emerging science.

Some of you have joined the international Facebook group The Bible and Anthropology where we continue the conversations more interactively than is possible at a blog such as this. I hope more of you will consider joining that forum. 

May the Lord of Life bless you all.

Dr. Alice C. Linsley

Something to Consider

 

Wall painting at Thebes

Many of the topics explored at this blog are also discussed in the international Facebook forum The Bible and Anthropology. Those discussions are lively and informative. 

That forum is not for theological conversation. Rather, we identify and discuss anthropologically significant data in the canonical texts. The purpose of the group is to advance the science of Biblical Anthropology.

These are a few of the topics we consider at that forum:

• The social structure of the biblical Hebrew
• Kinship analysis
• Ancient biblical populations
• Burial practices and grave goods of biblical populations
• Artifacts and dating
• Solar symbolism
• Origins of the Messianic Faith (before Judaism)
• The dispersion of the Horite Hebrew ruler-priest caste
• Linguistic connections between Sumerian, Akkadian, and other Semitic languages
• DNA studies that pertain to biblical populations

If you enjoy reading the posts at Biblical Anthropology, you will enjoy the discussions at The Bible and Anthropology. The members come from around the globe and represent different religions, including Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. We even have a few agnostics. Consider joining the forum. You would be welcome!

Alice C. Linsley

Facebook Group Explores the Bible and Anthropology

Learn to read the Bible through the lens of cultural anthropology and you will never read it the same way again. This empirical approach to the biblical texts exposes inaccurate interpretations, clarifies the cultural contexts of biblical populations, and pulls back the veil of time to reveal the roots of the Messianic Faith among Abraham's ancestors.

Reading Scripture through the lens of cultural anthropology is rigorous because no assumption can stand untested, and no assertion can be made without data. If we seek to understand the Bible rather than use the Bible to support an agenda, we will find the approach of Biblical Anthropology helpful.

Biblical anthropology is being discussed at a new Facebook group, The Bible and Anthropology. This international forum shares ideas, insights, discoveries, images, and documents that help the members gain a deeper understanding of the Bible through application of cultural anthropology. Anthropology degrees are not a prerequisite for participation!

Consider joining the group. Share what you experience where you live and how the experience relates to Scripture. Help advance the scientific field of Biblical Anthropology. The objective is to share and learn from each other.

Related reading: Understanding the Science of Biblical Anthropology; Why an Empirical Approach to the Bible?; Why Biblical Anthropology?; Haplogroups of Interest to Biblical Anthropologists; Biblical Anthropology, the Science...not speculative theology; Using the Bible to Test Hypotheses; Contextual Incongruities in Genesis; Biblical Anthropology and Antecedents