Scholars and ‘Snake-Handlers’ Society of Biblical Literature accused of evangelical pandering—and secular bias. September issue. A professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of California–Berkeley quit the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), voicing concern that North America’s leading organization for biblical scholarship had welcomed “the views of creationists, snake-handlers, and faith healers.” In an op-ed in the July/August 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Ronald S. Hendel complained … Continue reading Scholars and ‘snake-handlers’