On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

The Old Testament was a covenant of rules and regulations,” the preacher intoned, “but the New Testament is a covenant of ...

In my last column I wrote that grace was not new in the New Testament. The covenant (testament) was new, but grace was not ...

One smell of hyacinth moves me. For eons, just a whiff of the beautiful spring flowers brought an immediate smile to my face ...

In love he destined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will…” (Ephesians 1 ... Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in ...

As the Fathers of the church taught, the figures of baptism in the Old Testament were given to authorize ... and then he spoke his Word (cf. Genesis 1:1-2, John 1:1-5). So, in the beginning ...

John Walton proposed a “Cosmic Temple” model to understand Genesis 1. However, other Old Testament scholars such as Todd Beall and Steven Boyd have shown that the Hebrew language used in ...

Recent studies suggest laughter's role in our evolution and demonstrate the many ways it can improve our health. Let's make ...

Julie Faith Parker is a Hebrew scholar who teaches biblical studies at General Theological Seminary in New York, and Eve Isn’t Evil is written to her strengths: her focus is almost entirely on the ...