As part of this launch, the “Orit” Beta Israel Torah scroll of the Ethiopian Jewish community, previously belonging to Kes ...

Unfortunately, there are many instances of well-meaning, intelligent people misinterpreting the Bible. Sometimes, they did it intentionally to teach a lesson, and sometimes, they got it wrong. I will ...

Look up any verse in the Bible and you will find examples of how the ideas expressed there are conveyed in other languages ...

Canadian feminist author Margaret Atwood's work has long served as the inspiration for the American television adaptation The Handmaid's Tale, its first episode having been aired in 2017.

At the turn of the twentieth century, some Jewish exiles dreamed of a homeland in Palestine. The Jewish Territorial ...

Worldwide, birthdays were first acknowledged in ancient Egypt in 3000 BC, where the Pharaoh reveled in his birthday in a huge ...

The Italian biblical commentator Ovadiah ben Yakov Sforno (1474-1549) writes: וידום אהרן, seeing he consoled himself after ...

The New Testament presents the Pharisees as a group that vehemently opposed the ministry of Jesus. Yet, a select few among ...

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This phrase is found in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and is closely associated with expressions of supplication, praise, and salvation. The original Hebrew phrase "hoshiya na" means "save, please" ...

The Syriac translation reads ... For a monthly gift of $11 or more we’d also be able to send you a free copy of the brand new Premier Bible, a wonderful Anglicised version of the NLT packed with ...