For centuries, scholars have debated who wrote the Bible. The texts were copied, edited, and compiled over generations, leaving behind few clues about their original authors. Despite theological ...

He holds the B.D., M.Th. and Ph.D. degrees from University of London, and is author of three books, two of which are Teach Yourself Hebrew and A History of Old Testament Times.

Other significant languages were Greek, the language of the Septuagint – a pre-Christian translation of the Hebrew Bible, the original language of the New Testament and the lingua franca of ...

The translation of the Old Testament into Koine Greek in the third century BC took place within a historical context that was important for the development of the “Tanakh,” or Hebrew Bible, and the ...

Thanks for joining our study as we begin a two-part series about “pride.” First, we review what the Old Testament says and what it means for us. Then, next week, we discuss the New Testament.

In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the Old Testament includes writings considered apocryphal by Protestants. The New Testament contains four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and ...

What is the oldest Bible in the world? You might think of some dusty old tome secreted away in a vault, but the answer itself ...

For centuries, the Old Testament has been widely interpreted as a story of disaster and rescue – of the Israelites falling from grace before picking themselves up, dusting themselves down and finding ...

The oldest surviving Yale seal may be found on the 1749 master’s diploma of Reverend Ezra Stiles, who went on to serve as Yale’s president (1778-1795).

Gasquet Bible. St. Jerome (A.D. 340-420) translated the Old Testament not from the Greek Septuagint but from the Hebrew original; the New Testament he took from its original Greek.