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Throughout the stories in the Bible, numerous people are said to be "frightened," "afraid," and "gripped with fear" in the ...
Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...
Religions reporter Rossella Tercatin on Anu's Codex, converts' issues and Messianic traditions of slain Yaron Lischinsky; ...
The medieval Spanish manuscript showcasing Jewish law, mysticism, and art is now on exhibition at the National Library of Israel.The post Shem Tov Bible returns to Jerusalem for public display ...
According to Koller, it’s no surprise that Jews never made the cut before. Henry VIII, who founded the Church of England along with the professorship, intended it for Anglican churchmen to teach ...
The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, is set to go to auction this year. Religious texts like this one were a major factor in keeping Hebrew alive for two thousand years.
A 700-year-old Hebrew Bible from medieval Spain is expected to sell for between $5 million and $7 million at auction next month. The Shem Tov Bible is a 768-page illustrated text written on ...
About a decade ago, one of her friends started creating Facebook posts suggesting that Christians should be keeping the laws laid out in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. “She would say things ...
But in point of fact, there is no such thing. I became keenly aware of this in spending more than two decades translating the Hebrew Bible — a total of more than 3,000 pages — a project that ...
You need not be a learned scholar to realize that the Hebrew Bible is somewhat odd. God anoints the Israelites as His chosen people, entrusting them to follow His commandments, yet in the long run ...