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r/AcademicBiblical is a subreddit with 130k 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
#1
Advice Requests
: "Has anyone heard of this book? Is it a good book to start reading gospels?"
7 posts
Popular Topics in r/AcademicBiblical
#1
Bible
: "What is the most interesting thing we DON'T know about the Bible?"
33 posts
#2
Jesus
: "Why do most biblical scholars believe that Jesus didn’t claim to be God?"
24 posts
#3
Gospels
: "Has anyone heard of this book? Is it a good book to start reading Gospels?"
12 posts
#4
Christianity
: "What do we know of the early relationship between Samaritanism and Christianity?"
11 posts
#5
New Testament
: "How do we know the Bible was originally written in Greek and roughly what years each book of the New Testament was written in if we the earliest manuscripts we have were around 100 years after they were supposedly written?"
10 posts
#6
Genesis
: "Does Genesis say that suffering existed before the fall?"
7 posts
#7
Empty Tomb
: "Why should the woman at the Empty Tomb be historical?"
6 posts
#8
Gospel
: "Who's Right About John? The Gospels or Josephus?"
6 posts
#9
Paul
: "Exploring the Gospel of Thomas through the Lens of Early Christian Mysticism – New Book with Commentary on Sayings and Context"
5 posts
#10
Old Testament
: "Do you think the Gospel of Thomas has any sayings of Jesus that are both not in the canonical gospels and are possibly genuine? - and if so, why have these been so widely ignored by Christians globally?"
5 posts
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