Hebrew Bible
“The belief that rights are a gift from God is why we eventually got rights.”
There was balm in Gilead, but what was it exactly?
What does it mean to be a chosen people?
Or does the highly lauded American author’s new book revive some old prejudices?
The Shem Tov Bible.
When the Bible uses maternal imagery for God.
Christian artists often employ a notion called typology, or prefiguration, where events from the Hebrew Bible eventually find rhymes within the later life of Jesus.
And the American soul.
Writing prayers for future generations.
Digging up the holy city.
For centuries, visual artists, nearly all Christian, turned to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration even more often than the New Testament. What did they find there, and did they treat it well?
Why Scripture belongs in English class.