Robert Alter, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature at UC Berkeley and author of “The David Story” and “The Five Books of Moses,” spoke with Jewish Journal book editor Jonathan ...

The King James Bible was translated by a group of about 47 scholars, divided into six committees at Oxford, Cambridge, and Westminster. Each committee was responsible for translating a specific ...

A wise man, Alexander Pope, wrote in 1711 that “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” So here I go into the topic of ... religion. The word “God,” the fourth word to appear in the King James ...

The article on the Methodist minister who believes the Bible is outdated was interesting. This letter is not written to people who don’t believe in the Bible or the Christian God. Only to people such ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Today we begin a two-part study exploring the Meaning of Light in the Old Testament, and next week the New ...

How the languages of the indigenous in Panama, a community in Siberia, and people in Papua New Guinea shape their understanding of God. You’ve probably read the articles about foreign-language words ...

A May 29 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a book publisher has taken thousands of words out of a holy text. “VERY CRITICAL ALERT!!!” reads the start of the post. “Check it out for ...

Choosing a name for your child is one of the most sacred and significant decisions you will make as a parent. It’s more than just a label, it’s a declaration of identity, purpose, and destiny. For ...