Oxford University Press, 2,181 pages, $40. ‘The Jewish Study Bible,” a hefty, 2,181-page tome published this year, packages a previously published translation of the Hebrew Bible together with ...

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was ...

A number of recently released study Bibles have a decidedly Jewish flavor, one comes from female scholars, two hail from popular pastors, and another promises a unique reading experience. “The Bible ...

Shavuot or Feast of Weeks — called Pentecost by Christians — occurs 50 days after Firstfruits. At that time, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to descend upon believers, marking the new covenant of grace and ...

(RNS) — Hebrew Bible scholar Marc Zvi Brettler learned years ago that it never hurts to ask. Talking to an acquaintance at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University last year, Brettler, a professor of ...

It is not often that a bunch of professors’ scholarly work on an ancient religious text shoots past the thrillers, diet fads and self-improvement books that dominate the rapidly changing Amazon.com ...

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