In case of abuse, In his fascinating new book Reclaiming Redemption ... contributions are from Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron, editor of The Jewish Bible Quarterly. In many of his insightful comments, Ron ...

The term "scapegoat" refers to someone who unfairly takes the blame for others but its origins come from an ancient Hebrew ...

The figure of Saint Michael, or Michael the Archangel, is one of the most powerful and revered beings in religious history. Known as the protector of the faithful and a warrior against evil, Archangel ...

Those who read Vol. 231: “What You Should Know About King Solomon, Part 1” might remember this important answer, which ...

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

The Canadian psychologist’s new book is a reading of the Old Testament and a paean to sacrifice. It’s riddling and dense, but ...

It’s a tall order to live up to,” said Rabbi ... He shared the story of the 10 spies in the Book of Numbers. While the Jewish people sojourned in the desert, the spies traveled ahead to ...

In the Bible, we see this with figures like Moses ... or can they be randomly selected or simply read in order of the book? One might argue that by singling out specific texts, one is ...

Protestants, following the tradition of the Pharisaic Jews, accept the shorter Hebrew Canon, even though the Jews also reject the NT Books. The main problem is that the Bible does not define itself.

To take an obvious example: although the Book of Revelation contains no explicit quotations from the Jewish Bible, it is a whole tissue of reminiscences and allusions. The text is so steeped in ...

To test if God is acting in history, we would have to look at the ancient nation of Israel and a Covenant, a legal agreement made between them and God. At the end of Moses’ life, in the book of ...