Welcome to Metaphysical History
An online institute for the study of the Biblical worldview.
Metaphysical History is an independent programme of university-level study devoted to the recovery of the worldview of the biblical writers.
The courses offered here examine the historical, cosmological, and theological assumptions that shaped the development of the Old and New Testaments during the Second Temple Period.
Instruction is delivered through reading notes, recorded lectures, guided discussion, and recommended texts.
Students may proceed through the curriculum at their own pace.
Purpose
The Bible was written within a particular understanding of reality.
Its authors assumed a cosmology, a view of history, a conception of ordered time, and an understanding of divine rule that differ markedly from those of modern readers.
The purpose of this programme is to examine those assumptions directly through the study of primary sources and contemporary scholarship.
Commencing Study
Students beginning for the first time should proceed to:
Readings → IBC: Introduction to Biblical Cosmology
and then complete the assigned reading notes and lectures in sequence.
Current Areas of Study
Biblical Cosmology
Second Temple Judaism
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Divinely-Ordered Time and Prophecy
Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds
No prior theological training is required. Only a willingness to engage seriously with the evidence and follow the argument wherever it leads.