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The rest of the Old Testament was written in the Hebrew ... Bible were very likely written in the cursive style of writing. The cursive (or "running hand") style joins the letters of a word ...

Today, we examine the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament’s warning about ... where people are drifting farther from the Word of God. Since sin is relative, religious leaders don’t want to offend ...

When the phrase was first coined, the meaning of the little man ... to the literal translation of the Hebrew word. The King ...

A rare 14th-century ornate Hebrew Bible ... she said. The Bible also contains about 2,000 marked “anomalous” letters, which are imbued with a special, secret meaning, in accordance with ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election A rare 14th-century ornate Hebrew Bible written during ...

Be still” popped up this week on a social media post from a fellow minister who stated, “be still doesn’t mean be quiet.” ...

30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth ... passages and expounded on the deep meanings of many of the Greek words that had been lost in earlier translations.

There were the Hebrew letters הפלפמ — ha’pelpem — above the numbers 4:6, suggesting a chapter and verse of the Bible ... אל הפיליפים — meaning, “To the Philippians.” ...

The Vulgate has been revised a handful of times over the years, most notably in 1592 by Pope Clementine VIII (the “Clementine ...