S oftware developers sometimes encounter a “bug” in a computer program. Not wanting to spend the effort to try to fix the bug ...

Over the years, I have reviewed several translations in these pages. These two new ones could not be more different from one another in style, results, packaging, purpose, and intended use. Samuel ...

The Old Testament, the Tanakh, and the Hebrew Bible Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler show how multiple traditions arise when different people read the same text.

BOOK REVIEW Marilynne Robinson makes the first book of the Old Testament new again in ‘Reading Genesis’ The esteemed novelist and essayist offers an ambitious but narrow bid to rekindle ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: The story of Sodom is more than ancient history. It speaks to a culture that forgets sin has consequences — and that divine mercy does not cancel out divine justice.

With so many references, we need two weeks, starting with the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and next week the New Testament.

The Old Testament reflects this reality through and through. It is a very violent text, no two ways about it. There are multiple occasions where genocide is either commanded or approved of: 20: 16-17; ...

In the Beginning, There Was Marilynne Robinson Her new book, “Reading Genesis,” treats the Bible like a perfectly plotted historical novel.

Camels are mentioned at least 20 times in the Old Testament. Genesis 24:10, for example, tells how Abraham’s senior servant set off to find a wife for his master’s son, Isaac: “Then the ...

We find similar relocation themes in the Old Testament. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob moved their families a lot. If you’re reading through Genesis this month, you’ve probably noticed.