"In the beginning . . . God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:1, 27; 5:1–2) And from the beginning (of the Bible) men and ...
But the Bible teaches that even poor and socially insignificant women must not be hurt. There’s a famous example from The Book of Judges, chapters 19 and 20, where the entire tribe of Beniamites was ...
The Museum of the Bible in the nation’s capital has opened ... "The mosaic underscores the crucial role of women in the early church by the fact that 5 women are mentioned in it by name.
She personified one of the great mythic stories of what ... In Uruguay, she met a Bible study group of impoverished women who saw themselves in gospel stories, including this passage (Luke 13: ...
As a Christian who has studied and taught the Bible most of my life, I’m struck by a regular theme in it. Did you know that the familiar command, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” first appears in ...
Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth century A.D., creating a widely read edition later ...