Untenable Virginity

What does the doctrine of perpetual virginity have to do with the nativity? Quite a lot really. As we have discussed on many occasions, large portions of the traditional nativity story come from demonstrably false extra-biblical sources. The very purpose Read More …

Psalm of Solomon 17: An Historical Reference to Herod the Great?

The Psalms of Solomon are a pseudepigraphal work written in the mid-to-late first century BCE. It consists of eighteen psalms (songs or poems) that stylistically resemble the biblical psalter. In its most general sense, a pseudepigraphal work is an ancient Read More …