Iron and Myth 34: Gods of Greece in the Bible
2024-10-21
OLYMPIANS, Titans, and demigod heroes in the Bible? Yes, and the Jews of Jesus’ day knew it.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 32: Azazel, Lilith, and other Demons in the Bible
2024-08-19
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES of the Bible is why there are no accounts of priests or prophets casting out demons. Why is that?Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 31: The Nephilim
2024-07-22
“THERE WERE GIANTS in the earth in those days.” Those nine words are among the most controversial in the entire Bible.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 30: The Sons of God
2024-06-17
A DEBATE over the nature and identity of a shadowy group mentioned in the Book of Genesis has divided Christian theologians for the last 1,600 years.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 29: Gods or Human Judges?
2024-05-27
WHEN ARE GODS not gods? When they’re rebranded as human judges or rulers to avoid uncomfortable theological implications.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 28: Acknowledge Yahweh, You Sons of El
2024-04-22
THE PSALMS are often polemics directed at the gods of the pagan nations around Israel. Case in point is the subject of this month’s Iron and Myth roundtable, Psalm 29.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 27: The Gods of War
2024-03-18
SOME OF THE MOST epic stories from the ancient world deal with the wars of the gods. It’s not a coincidence that one of the most commonly used titles for God in the Bible is “Lord of hosts,” which literally means “Yahweh of armies.”Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 25: Portals
2024-01-22
DO PLACES EXIST where the veil between this world and the next is thinner—namely, portals?Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 23: Nimrod
2023-11-20
ONE OF THE MOST notorious characters in the Bible, and all of history, is a man about which we know almost nothing.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 21: Revenants – The Unquiet Dead
2023-09-18
WHAT HAPPENS when the dead don’t stay that way? And is that even possible?Continue Reading