The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...

What do a wily Greek king and the heroes and heroines of Genesis have in common? More than you might think, says Jacob Howland.

The Hebrew Bible or usually known as the Tanakh is widely considered as holy scripture in Judaism which is also a significant book for Christianity, Islam, and even for the Baha’i Faith. It contains ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

Travel to the Spanish region of Catalonia today and it’s easy to uncover evidence of the Jewish communities that thrived during the Middle Ages. There’s Girona’s labyrinth Jewish Quarter, Spain’s only ...

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The Bible is said to be the world’s best-selling book. Granted, it enjoyed a head start: in the 15th century, when Gutenberg developed his famous printing technique, it was of course the Bible that he ...