In Before the Scrolls, Mastnjak argues that by attending to biblical texts’ materiality and being aware of how the conceptual category of book history shapes our critical questions, we ought to “imagine a much looser assemblage of textual objects,”“a shelf . . . full of scrolls, sheets,...
Portrait of Isaac Newton, cornerstone of the scientific revolution, based his research on the scientific authority of the Bible. Biblical scientific foreknowledge is the assertion that the Bible possessed scientific knowledge beyond that which is believed to exist at the time the Bible was written. ...
Although James is one of the most common baby boy names, it never seems to fail at being a handsome and firm selection. It was initially the name of two apostles of the New Testament and is another baby boy name meaning “supplater.” 32. Jared Those looking for popular Bible names tha...
The form ἀνάθεμα, as well as its meaning, appears to be peculiar to the Hellenistic dialect (Valekenaer, Schol. 1, 593). The distinction has probably arisen from the special use made of the word by the Greek Jews. In the Sept. ἀνάθεμα is the ordinary rendering...
I have placed an explanatory note regarding the meaning of the phrase “the horn of David” in my digital expansion ofThe New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury: the horn of David. Note: Ahornis an emblem of power and sovereignty; and as one horn dropped...
reflecting the lion of God in its meaning. Its biblical roots possibly connect to the messenger of Ezra or to the very symbolic name of Jerusalem. Due to the premiere of The Little Mermaid in the late 1980s, its popularity reached an all-time high of number 70, despite having no biblical...
” In 1999 , Dr. Michael Molnar , a Christian astronomer, published “The Star of Bethlehem – The Legacy of the Magi.” H is findings included the meaning behind the “Ram and Star” coins from Antioch along with the most likely “ heavenly alignment” constituting the “Star of Bethlehem...
The text, however, does not explicitly say so much, although such is the obvious meaning; but if this is the only interpretation, we find it in direct collision with the books of Kings and Chronicles (which assign to Jehoiakim an eleven years' reign), as also with Jer 25:1. The ...
That’s when trusted friends and years of hearing the message sunk in and I started memorizing scripture. I still haven’t memorized as much as I would like, but I’ve memorized some verses that have incredibly deep meaning to me. They feel like weapons I can recite over and over when ...
No such trace exists in the mention of the "Temple" (5:7), for that word is even in 1Sa 1:9; 1Sa 3:3 applied to the Tabernacle; nor yet in the phrase "bringeth back the captivity" (14:7), which is elsewhere used, idiomatically, with great latitude of meaning (Job 42:10; ...