Kaz Hayashi (林 和行)
@kazhayashi.bsky.social
PhD Hebrew Bible / Old Testament || Associate Professor of Old Testament at Bethel University/Seminary || Biblical Archaeologist || Bible and Christianity in Japan, Anime, and Manga
My professor Jim Nogalski at Baylor University wrote this murder mystery novel with Wipf and Stock publishers! So stoked to read it!
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My professor Jim Nogalski at Baylor University wrote this murder mystery novel with Wipf and Stock publishers! So stoked to read it!
For those attending SBL, I look forward to seeing you tonight!
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For those attending SBL, I look forward to seeing you tonight!
A full but exciting day 1 of SBL is done! I attended really insightful papers, and shown is the photo is the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah session I presented at (I’m in the crowd). My paper was very well received with a great discussion which followed!
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A full but exciting day 1 of SBL is done! I attended really insightful papers, and shown is the photo is the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah session I presented at (I’m in the crowd). My paper was very well received with a great discussion which followed!
My first day at IBR is done! My IBR paper on the sabbath in Chronicles was well received and I look forward to the first day at SBL!
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
My first day at IBR is done! My IBR paper on the sabbath in Chronicles was well received and I look forward to the first day at SBL!
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my paper at the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah session at SBL!
All the papers in the session are previews of chapters from a forthcoming book!
All the papers in the session are previews of chapters from a forthcoming book!
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my paper at the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah session at SBL!
All the papers in the session are previews of chapters from a forthcoming book!
All the papers in the session are previews of chapters from a forthcoming book!
Boston here I come!
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Boston here I come!
This Friday at IBR/SBL I'll be presenting a paper on the notion of sabbath in Chronicles!
I'll be joined by papers by stellar scholars and look forward to the responses by @AubreyBuster and Paul Evans!
I hope to see you there!
I'll be joined by papers by stellar scholars and look forward to the responses by @AubreyBuster and Paul Evans!
I hope to see you there!
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This Friday at IBR/SBL I'll be presenting a paper on the notion of sabbath in Chronicles!
I'll be joined by papers by stellar scholars and look forward to the responses by @AubreyBuster and Paul Evans!
I hope to see you there!
I'll be joined by papers by stellar scholars and look forward to the responses by @AubreyBuster and Paul Evans!
I hope to see you there!
Happy to finally see my chapter in print! In“YHWH the Tyrant!?” I analyze the depiction and role the God of the Hebrew Bible play in anime/manga! I argue how the memory of Christian colonialism is reflected in the negative portrayal of YHWH as a foreign deity who opposes Japanese beliefs/traditions
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy to finally see my chapter in print! In“YHWH the Tyrant!?” I analyze the depiction and role the God of the Hebrew Bible play in anime/manga! I argue how the memory of Christian colonialism is reflected in the negative portrayal of YHWH as a foreign deity who opposes Japanese beliefs/traditions
I had a wonderful time teaching a doctoral intensive on the Book of Ezra! As it is a book often quoted as a paradigm of leadership, my doctorate in ministry students studied how to exegete the text and to apply it to their own ministry context!
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I had a wonderful time teaching a doctoral intensive on the Book of Ezra! As it is a book often quoted as a paradigm of leadership, my doctorate in ministry students studied how to exegete the text and to apply it to their own ministry context!
Starting the academic year with communion. The right way to acknowledge how our teaching is rooted in Christ’s work!
August 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Starting the academic year with communion. The right way to acknowledge how our teaching is rooted in Christ’s work!
I had the job interview nod giving the commencement speech for Bethel Seminary! I am proud of all of our graduates!
May 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I had the job interview nod giving the commencement speech for Bethel Seminary! I am proud of all of our graduates!
Proofs are in! In this chapter, I analyse the role and portrayal of Yahweh in Japanese anime and manga! It should be out before AAR/SBL 2025!
May 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Proofs are in! In this chapter, I analyse the role and portrayal of Yahweh in Japanese anime and manga! It should be out before AAR/SBL 2025!
I will be giving a lecture on the topic of “The Biblical Archaeology of the Persian Period” in Japanese at the Tokyo Museum of Biblical Archaeology.” I am stoked to share my research in my mother tongue with the Japanese people!
April 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I will be giving a lecture on the topic of “The Biblical Archaeology of the Persian Period” in Japanese at the Tokyo Museum of Biblical Archaeology.” I am stoked to share my research in my mother tongue with the Japanese people!
I appeared on the third episode of the History Channel's Holy Marvels, titled "An Eye for an Eye." You can see me commenting on Japan's samurai and Bushido culture.
April 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I appeared on the third episode of the History Channel's Holy Marvels, titled "An Eye for an Eye." You can see me commenting on Japan's samurai and Bushido culture.
Bethel Seminary is hosting Chris Watkins! We are kicking off the semester on an awesome note talking about how the Bible provides us with a lens of critically engaging with culture!
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Bethel Seminary is hosting Chris Watkins! We are kicking off the semester on an awesome note talking about how the Bible provides us with a lens of critically engaging with culture!
My modern Hebrew study buddy!
January 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My modern Hebrew study buddy!
When I shared that I collect pokemon cards in class, one thoughtful student gifted me a rare special illustration card ! I love students!
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When I shared that I collect pokemon cards in class, one thoughtful student gifted me a rare special illustration card ! I love students!
It’s begging to look a lot like Christmas…
December 15, 2024 at 2:59 PM
It’s begging to look a lot like Christmas…
I won the academy awards for best academic pretending to be an actor (jk jk but I’m holding the real OSCAR statuette)
December 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I won the academy awards for best academic pretending to be an actor (jk jk but I’m holding the real OSCAR statuette)
I’m in Hollywood for my first tv recording! I always knew that I wanted to teach the Bible and archaeology, but never imagined doing it like this!
December 6, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I’m in Hollywood for my first tv recording! I always knew that I wanted to teach the Bible and archaeology, but never imagined doing it like this!
If you are traveling on Thanksgiving day, I learned that the only restaurant open is IHOP
November 28, 2024 at 6:16 PM
If you are traveling on Thanksgiving day, I learned that the only restaurant open is IHOP
Watching one of those feel good Christmas movies and shocked that in the culminating scene they changed the lyric of “All Holy Night” from “the night Christ was born” to the more ambiguous “the night he was born.” This is silly because we know Christmas celebrates Jesus’s birth.
November 27, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Watching one of those feel good Christmas movies and shocked that in the culminating scene they changed the lyric of “All Holy Night” from “the night Christ was born” to the more ambiguous “the night he was born.” This is silly because we know Christmas celebrates Jesus’s birth.
In the latest issue of Bulletin for Biblical Research you will find my review of Gary Knoppers’s last work. It’s a dense edited volume of his various essays on Chronicles, Ezra/Nehemiah, DtrH, and Persian Period historiography, so I hope that people find this review helpful!
November 26, 2024 at 2:29 PM
In the latest issue of Bulletin for Biblical Research you will find my review of Gary Knoppers’s last work. It’s a dense edited volume of his various essays on Chronicles, Ezra/Nehemiah, DtrH, and Persian Period historiography, so I hope that people find this review helpful!
According to this list, archaeologists are one of the most interesting and attractive guys right? I mean we read, study (dead) foreign languages, write, take photos of objects, and travel internationally.
November 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM
According to this list, archaeologists are one of the most interesting and attractive guys right? I mean we read, study (dead) foreign languages, write, take photos of objects, and travel internationally.
I just found the best Bible themed board game! In this Euro game, you are collecting resources to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem! While most Bible themed board games are a poor knock off of a different game, this is by a reputable company, it is original, and the theme works great!
November 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I just found the best Bible themed board game! In this Euro game, you are collecting resources to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem! While most Bible themed board games are a poor knock off of a different game, this is by a reputable company, it is original, and the theme works great!