r/AcademicBiblical↗
Academic Biblical Studies
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.
161k subscribers375 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)263 authors / mosince 2013
r/AcademicBiblical has 161k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 375 posts a month from 263 people. Top topics: Ancient Texts and Legends, Ancient Jerusalem Archaeology and Ancient Egypt.
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- Ancient Texts and Legends1.1%
- Ancient Jerusalem Archaeology0.4%
- Ancient Egypt0.1%
- Religion and Empires<0.1%
- Ancient Scripts<0.1%
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- Academia
- TheTorah.com
- Biblegateway
- JSTOR
- cambridge.org
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