What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

God, in a pique of anger, alters the builders' languages so that they cannot understand each other. In its original form, the story is an explanation of why not everyone speaks Hebrew, as well as ...

Though these may be inadequate analogies, it is at least clear that Satan is not God’s archenemy in the Hebrew Bible. The Satan is mentioned briefly in the Bible in First Chronicles chapter 21 ...

So why is a Hebrew inscription mentioning Yahweh in connection ... after this defeat the Israelites could stay faithful to their god. Dever: In every age of disbelief, one is inclined to think ...

Jews believe God's day of rest was a Saturday. The services in the synagogue are led by a religious leader called a rabbi, which means ‘Teacher’ in Hebrew. These are the Torah scrolls being ...