Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Vol. 1: Introduction, Mesopotamia, and EgyptBeware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Vol. 1: Introduction,...Dyck, Andrew WLutheran Theological JournalLutheran Theological Journal...
"Kinehora," she'd say in Yiddish, followed by three staccato spitting sounds, "Pooh, pooh, pooh," the protective spell of all Jewish grandmothers. (Kinehora is a contraction of three Yiddish words, kayn ayin hara, meaning "No evil eye.") Despite their differences in age and cultural ...
But that doesn't really answer the question. If evil entered the world through Adam and Eve's sin, it doesn't account for the devil. And if we accept the explanation given in the Hebrew Bible, that "sin was found in [Lucifer]" when five times he declared he would "be like God,"...
same-sex sexuality and the part religion played in them. It discusses landmark events and publications from 1730—when “sodomy” became a public issue—until the present. It describes the evolution of discourse on same-sex sexuality, with special reference to the earliest publications on “homose...
The phrase "in the sight of the LORD" emphasizes that the Israelites' actions were not hidden from God. The Hebrew word for "sight" is "ayin," meaning eye, which implies God's omniscience and His active observation of human affairs. This phrase serves as a reminder that God is always ...
I have placed ’empathy’ at the centre of the graphic of a healthy church, even though the word ’empathy’ does not appear in the Bible. But the concept is there, for example in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Paul writes: 19Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself ...
In the Bible, Azazel is a desolate place into which a goat bearing sin is sent. In Islam, Azazel is an angel given physical desires and sent to Earth to show how difficult it is for humans. 13. Balam From the Semitic root bal, meaning possessor. ...
9 Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite.This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 10 Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known;no one can contend with someone who is stronger.11 The more the words, the less the meaning, ...
Considering that Jesus and the apostles did resist evil people and evil actions, how are we to understand the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:59? “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’But I say to you, do not show opposition against an evil person; ...
The meaning of good and evil, of joy and sorrow, of beauty, justice, success-all these are purely private convictions, and they constitute our store of wisdom. They are peculiar to the individual, and no methods exist by which universal agreement can be obtained. Therefore, wisdom cannot be...