The Hebrew phrase ezer kenegdo (עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ) appears in the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, in Genesis 2:18 and 20, when the Bible speaks of the creation of Eve, the wife of Adam. The words are not ...

Vayikra’s message of purity, repentance, and unity teaches that even without sacrifices, we can draw closer to God and to one another.

LOWER OXFORD — The Tyndale Society (USA) celebrated the 500th anniversary of the translation of the New Testament in English at its third annual conference, Saturday, at Lincoln University. With a ...

State officials have proposed an expansive list of books and stories that could become required reading. The list includes ...

April is the feast day of Zacchaeus of Jericho. We all know the account of Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus. However, it turns out not to have been a sycamore tree at all. This is the story ...

But in a public school setting, it’s important that those studies are not limited to a single tradition. State officials have proposed an expansive list of books and stories that could become required ...

The first episode—and a set visit in Italy—introduced a me to a thoughtful new drama about multidimensional women in Scripture.

The "screen inferiority effect" suggests reading physical Bibles improves memory retention of scripture compared to digital ...

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Find out which baby names were the most popular from 1980 to 1989, and how they compare to today. According to the Social Security Administration, the 200 most popular names were taken from 19,237,195 ...

The first parsha of Vayikra (also called Vayikra) introduce the system of sacrifices, or korbanot. The Hebrew word for sacrifice, korban (קרבן), comes from the root ק־ר־ב, meaning “to come near.” A ...

He worked with a team for 34 years to translate both the Old and New Testament, an accomplishment that prompted the response: ‘Now God speaks my language!’ ...