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Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church and a subject in Western art, music, and literature. Mary has been ascribed several titles, including guarantee of the Incarnation, virgin mother, second Eve, mother of God, ever virgin, immacu
African American interpretation and use of the Hebrew Bible have shifted as the understandings of race have adjusted in the last 30 years. Therefore, African American biblical studies cannot be appreciated with a linear presentation. A more helpful approach examines the impact of generational studies...
Thus far, evidence for the use alphabetic numbers in Judah are coins from the period of the Maccabees in the second century BC ("Numbers," The New Bible Dictionary, J.D. Douglas, ed., Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1963, page 895)....
If the solution that I’m pushing is to be dismissed, wouldn’t it require a dismissal of thousands of years of common human development and thought? The fact that the Golden Rule has a home in so many cultures says something meaningful about its place as an objective truth. Systems of ...
For 40 years, Moses led the Israelites, and God kept His promise to always be with him. Even when Moses messed up, due to his anger, which disallowed him from entering the promised land. The Bible says Moses “whom the LORD knew face to face”(Deuteronomy 34:10). Who Did Moses Marry...
again see the presence of the number 40 in the Bible. It is in this chapter that we see Stephen’s recap of Moses’ life. After he explains that Moses was educated by the Egyptians, Stephen notes that Moses “decided to visit his own people, the Israelites” when he was 40 years old...
The Israelites felt the same way. They were set free from the Pharaoh, but they were far from being free from the sins of complaining, lack of trust in God, and stubborn hearts. Their eleven-day journey to the Promised Land turned into 40 years. In fact, many of those who left Israel...
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In the Jeju shamanic religion, chickens have been sacrificed for aekmagi, a ritual to prevent aek, a looming misfortune that may cause death. Whereas ordinary participants are thought to be at risk of harm when possessing or eating chickens or other offe