In this painting by English artist William Hole (1846-1917) the Masoretes are depicted working on an authoritative text of the Old Testament in the city of Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of ...

Versions of the Bible are translations of the Bible into other languages. The following are the most important versions or translations of the Bible. 1. Septuagint. The oldest Greek translation of the ...

For the topic of the October Synod of Bishops in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” The agenda committee, after polling bishops and others, ...

How can one find fresh nuance in an over 2,ooo-year-old book? If the book is the Hebrew Bible, by returning to the original Hebrew. After over two decades, the 83-year-old literary critic and ...

Jul. 10—The Masoretes were a group of Hebrew scholars who worked for 400 years to collect all the versions of the Old Testament and refine them into an authoritative text. Meaning "preservers of ...