First of all, the rise of technology replacing jobs. We’ve seen this today. Remarkably, if you go back 500 years, there were monks who used to write out Bibles, whose jobs disappeared when the printing press came along. But what we’re seeing now is a different speed and scale at ...
Why are Protestant and Catholic Bibles different?Elesha Coffman
Hanukkah is being celebrated right now, and one of the first questions people ask is why there are so many different spellings. Which is the real, correct spelling? If you want to know the truth, here it is: I know, I know, seeing a Hebrew word is unsatisfying. ּּBut the true...
Technically,allBible translations mix the two approaches—no approach is purely word-for-word or purely thought-for-thought. Many Bibles tend toward one approach, but all fall somewhere in between the two extremes. Some Bible translations do make a special effort to evenly b...
Believe it or not the furniture used by hotels is a large reason why you may see fewer Bibles. A lot of modern hotels are moving to different styles of furniture that don’t include bulky nightstands with drawers. This means that a hotel would be forced to place a Bible prominently on...
24K The Bible is a collection of many different books considered sacred by people around the world. The books in the Bible contain abundant examples of figurative language. This lesson will focus on figurative language and the ways it is used in the Bible. Related...
In the Bible, why is the book of Romans so important? In the Bible, why did Paul write Thessalonians? Why is the New Testament important to Christianity? Why did Matthew quote the Old Testament over 60 times? How are the Gospels different?
distribution of bibles and funds all of its activities on a donation basis. They will present bibles to a hotel owner in a lump sum when the hotel opens, and replace any bibles as needed upon request. They currently distribute bibles in over 194 countries across the globe in 94 different ...
“Lord,” he must be God. But “Lord” (the Greek word iskurios) is a masculine title of respect and nobility, and many others besides God and Jesus are called “Lord,” However, that can be hard to see in English Bibles because many timeskuriosis not translated as “Lord,” and ...
He says the range of reactions to something like a patriotic Bible shows just how different American Christianity can be, depending on the denomination or community. “I think the essence of liberal progressive faith is compassion, so it is mind boggling (to such people) how someone could say...