This book is a new edition of a well-known introduction to the Old Testament, written by Larry Boadt and later revised and updated by my teachers, Richard Clifford and Dan Harrington. Paulist Press ...

To give a proper perspective on the New Covenant sacrament of reconciliation instituted by Christ, we will explore the Old Testament prefiguration of this sacrament. In the next column ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

The copies we have of Old Testament manuscripts do have signs of human error within them. But the question is, Does that lead to despair? Dr. John Meade answers that question with a resounding no.

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...

The project was led by Joseph Crockett ... We also made three guides—for Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament—on the textual basis that we would use. We produced training videos on how to edit ...

Adherents of the faith, called Muslims, revere the God of the Old Testament, in Arabic, Allah, and the Koran, a sacred text that followers believe is Allah's word revealed to the prophet Muhammad.

By age 11, he was able to recite three-quarters of the Old Testament by heart ... ended in bitter defeat with federal approval of the project in 1913. Muir died a year later, on Christmas Eve ...

The Old Testament also contains examples of: The Christian faith regards the Bible as the Word of God. This means that the authors of the Bible were inspired by God to write down what they ...

Questions related to literacy in ancient times are not an exclusive prerogative of academic studies on the Israelites.

Nadia Comaneci, a 14-year-old Romanian, becomes the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event. She went on to earn seven perfect scores at the Montreal Games.

Check with the surveyor at the start for a clear timeline.” Projects that take place on the ... lines were decided decades ago and recorded in old systems, there’s room for confusion and ...