Per ardua ad astra, through adversity Jews reach the stars, and with luck often Venus, although Mars is thought by the ...
Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of ...
Before the 2nd century, most Palestian Jews preferred a canon loosely similar to the Protestant OT; however, the Greek-speaking Jews preferred the larger canon found in the Greek Septuagint Bible ...
The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...
In 2025, by my count, there are over 650 words with some sort of medical significance that have lexicographic anniversaries.
[4] 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts "resounded," / "amid hailstones and bolts of lightning" [5] 18:29 Or "can run through a barricade" ...
The NT epistle for Candlemas, or the Presentation of Jesus in the temple, is Heb 2.14–18. With its emphasis on the humanity ...
[1] 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text "Puvah" [2] 46:13 Samaritan Pentateuch and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Num. 26:24 and 1 Chron. 7:1); ...
He was a warrior so large that his name is now a byword for immense size. But just how big was Goliath the biblical giant in ...
Thus, in 21th century United States most Christians, Jews, and Muslims have rejected the zero sum mind set and believe in the Qur’an’s pluralism teachings. Only those who reject God by disbelief or by ...
Catholics follow the list in the Septuagint (2nd century B.C. Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture) while Protestants follow the list used by the Pharisees. A list from Jesus could have ...