Recently, I have posted a number of YouTube videos on this site and the experience of searching YouTube has reawakened me to the problem of just how much nonsense there is online when it comes to the study of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (as well as the New Testament). Other places that make this apparent abound, like Yahoo Answers, where people who are clueless about the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (=HB/OT) answer questions about it as if they know what they are talking about (e.g. some of them think the HB/OT was originally written in Greek). This makes study of the HB/OT online very difficult, dare I say dangerous.

Though I find it disheartening that many sites devoted to the HB/OT contain material that is incorrect, this does encourage me that sites like FreeOldTestamentAudio.com are needed. Certainly, this is not the only site that is posting good material. I would also recommend Ralph Klein’s website on the Old Testament, Jim West’s Biblical Studies resource page, and number of blogs like Hevel.org and Anumma.com. However, these sites seem to be more sparse than those that promote an uncritical approach to the HB/OT.

I hope that readers of this post will glean a couple of things. First, make sure to be critical of what you read online. Academic credentials are surely not every, since some of the world’s best thinkers have been self-educated; however, always try to check out “About” pages or “Home” pages when you visit someone’s website. Second, when you find a good site, make sure to get connected. Bloggers like Bryan and G. Brooke from Hevel.org and Anumma.com are using Social Media outlets like Twitter as am I. Subscribe to their RSS feeds, follow them on Twitter, or become a FaceBook Friend. Oftentimes those who use social media will link you to good websites or blog posts about Biblical Studies.

With that said, I want readers of this blog and visitors to this site to consider this a site that they can trust for accurate information about the HB/OT. If you do, I hope that you will spread the word about this site.