Invariably, they conclude that the historical-critically derived “original meaning” does not lend itself to its later New Testament (or other Christian) usage, absent both hindsight and an a priori ...

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.

The modern writer who approaches the Old Testament from a background of liberal scholarship will be forced to concede that the critical picture has altered beyond description in the last 20 years.

The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582, and the Old Testament at Douay in 1609-1610. The language of the text was modernized by Bishop Challoner (1749-1752). 5.

Professor Elizabeth Polczer, a biblical scholar at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, believes the Bible is the result of the work of "dozens" of people.Astonishingly, the professor estimates that ...

Where the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible is concerned, ecumenically-minded people like to stress that Christians and Jews at least have these texts in common, even though Christians also acknowledge ...

“This will benefit the entire world community of believers in the Old Testament, which includes Christians and Jews,” Parry said. Parry was invited to serve as an editor of Biblia Hebraica Quinta, the ...