The whole Bible, the way a university teaches it. Two semester courses for the price of one.
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Two $395 courses, one price. The struck figure is both at their regular prices.
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Anniversary bonus: every purchase between November 1 and December 31 includes the 5-Day Scholar Series (January 6 to 10, 2027) and the mystery prize.
Each one sells on its own at the price shown. Click through for the full syllabus.
Who wrote the Torah, what the prophets were actually angry about, and how a small nation’s library became scripture.
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The twenty-seven books in the order they were written, read as their first readers would have read them.
See the course →Most people who want to understand the Bible start in the middle, with a favorite book or a famous passage, and never quite see how the pieces fit. These two courses start at the beginning and go to the end, the way a religious studies department would, and they are taught by two of the scholars those departments hire.
Joel Baden takes the Hebrew Bible from Genesis to the prophets in 28 lectures. Hugo Méndez takes the New Testament from the earliest letters of Paul to Revelation in 27. Each sells for $395 on its own. During the anniversary you get both for the price of one.
| The Hebrew BibleJoel Baden, Yale Divinity School | $395 |
| The New Testament: Exploring the Christian BibleHugo Méndez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $395 |
| Bought separately | $790 |
| Essentials Pack | $395 |
| You save $395 (50%), one course free | |
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$1 from every registration is donated to charity: water.
A bundle counts as a course purchase, so both come with it.
Five topics over five days, with five scholars who have been part of Paths in Biblical Studies since the start.
Confirmed so far: Bart Ehrman, Amy-Jill Levine, Joel Baden, Hugo Méndez, Paula Fredriksen.
Every qualifying purchase also includes the mystery prize, to be revealed during the celebration.
Any course purchase or joining the Biblical Studies Academy between November 1 and December 31, 2026 qualifies. Members must be active on December 1 to receive the mystery prize, and on December 31 to get access to the 5-Day Scholar Series.
Bought separately these come to $790. The anniversary price holds through December 31, 2026.
Rather have everything? The Biblical Studies Academy has every course we have made, with its own anniversary deal. Or see all the anniversary specials.