For more about how Job questions God and ends up suing God to get a response, read Edward L. Greenstein’s article “When Job Sued God” in the May/June 2012 issue Read more…
Bible Versions and Translations
Sort through the myriad of Bible translations and editions available today according to content, text, style and religious orientation.
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Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
• 04/27/2012
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Why Is the Newest Bible Translation in Modern Hebrew?
• 04/17/2012
Reches Educational Projects in Israel recently published its modern Hebrew translation of the Bible. While some believe this newest Bible translation meets the linguistic reality of modern Israeli society, others Read more…
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Turkish Authorities Claim to Have Seized Early Biblical Text
• 02/27/2012
Turkish media outlets report that Turkey is in possession of a 1,500-year-old Biblical text that was seized by police in 2000 during a raid on a smuggling operation. The text, Read more…
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Reflecting on the Power of the Codex
• 09/06/2011
Sometime in the first few centuries C.E., the first bound books—termed codices—revolutionized the way people read the words of prophets, kings, scribes and thinkers.* Unlike lengthy, cumbersome ancient scrolls, which Read more…
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Tracing the History of the Bible One Book at a Time
• 08/12/2011
Since 1958, some of the world’s best Bible scholars have worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Bible Project to come up with an authoritative critical edition of the 24 Read more…
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Comparing Ancient Biblical Manuscripts
• 07/22/2011
Until it was damaged and partially lost, the Aleppo Codex was considered to be the “crown” of ancient Biblical manuscripts, and was the version of the Hebrew Bible that was Read more…
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The Masoretic Text and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• 07/20/2011
Do insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls add to the Masoretic text, and if so, should the original Hebrew Bible text be modified based this information? Scholars from both sides Read more…
