Mitchell First compares ancient abecedaries to the Book of Psalms for a new perspective on letter order in the ancient Hebrew alphabet. 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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Can Abecedaries Be Used to Date the Book of Psalms?
• 07/13/2012
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Searching for the Better Text
• 07/06/2012
Isaiah’s vision of universal peace is one of the best-known passages in the Hebrew Bible: “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the Read more…
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Searching for the Better Text
• 06/21/2012
Isaiah’s vision of universal peace is one of the best-known passages in the Hebrew Bible. Does this beloved image of the Peaceable Kingdom contain a mistranslation? Read more…
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Babylonian Talmud Translated into Arabic
• 05/17/2012
After a controversial six-year-long translation project, a Jordanian think tank based in Amman published an Arabic translation of the Babylonian Talmud. After gaining enthusiastic responses to the project from the Read more…
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Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
• 04/27/2012
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…
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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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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…
