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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 ...

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

Rosh Hashanah, meaning "head of the year" in Hebrew, is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. During Rosh Hashanah, Jewish ...

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.” ...

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 ...

In Luke 10:27 and Mark 12:30, we notice that both passages use a fourfold description to explain how we are to love God: ...

With any illustrated book, most readers turn first to the pictures. Band illuminates Qohelet in both pointed Hebrew ...

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 ...

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.

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