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r/AcademicBiblical is a subreddit with 128k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
This is a forum for discussion of academic biblical studies; including historical criticism, textual criticism, and the history of ancient Judaism, early Christianity and the ancient Near East. This subreddit is not for contemporary theological application. Faith-based comments, discussion of modern religion, and apologetics are prohibited.
Popular Themes in r/AcademicBiblical
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Advice Requests
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Money Talk
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Popular Topics in r/AcademicBiblical
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Jesus
: "I guess my question is how Christian theology went from God saying in Mark 1 “This is my son, whom I love. With him I am well pleased.” to “Jesus and God are the same being”.?"
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#2
Bible
: "Why is gambling not mentioned in the Bible?"
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#3
Gospels
: "Why do the synoptic Gospels have such low christology?"
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New Testament
: "how did the old testament end up bound to the New Testament in the christian biblical canon?"
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Gospel
: "How did early Greeks respond when they found out about the Gospel?"
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Paul
: "The Results of a Pauline Authorship Survey (2024)"
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Christianity
: "Did Christianity start as a cult"
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Scholars
: "How popular is Q-skepticism among Scholars? And what would be the implications if Q didn't exist?"
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Resurrection
: "Since Paul believed Jesus was raised into a pneumatic body, would he have disagreed with gJohn’s teaching that Jesus still had wounds in his hands and side after his Resurrection?"
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God
: "I guess my question is how Christian theology went from God saying in Mark 1 “This is my son, whom I love. With him I am well pleased.” to “Jesus and God are the same being”.?"
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