Spreng pronounces Alcyone a shining example of femininity and sings the praises of such wives: 'Through the gracious Alcyone, we all have a fine illustration of a woman who loves her husband and cares for him from dawn till dusk.'39 The fact that this interpretation corresponds to the story...
was the guiding exegetical query in this early stage of examining the Bible’s composite nature. The problem of the authorship of Moses’ death did not subside throughout antiquity; in fact, more vexing questions emerged, those that not only questioned the Mosaic authorship of an ever increasing...
How to Pronounce it: toon-jah-TYEH-tah 5. Amharic = ሰላም (Sälam) An informal way of saying hello, this Semitic language is the first language of Ethiopia. This word can also be used to mean “peace be with you” and can be heard in the United States, Canada, Israel, Egy...
Today I found out how ‘Earth’ came to be called so. Firstly, it’s important to understand that nearly every language has its own name for the planet. It’s called ‘terra’ in Portuguese, ‘dünya’ in Turkish and ‘aarde’ in Dutch, just to name a few with their own etymology....