In light of our last discussion today that led to our considering the openness of Biblical speech, its ambiguity, shadows, and the unendingn...

As Christianity consolidated its system based on the gospels and the writings of Paul, it faced the challenge of reconciling the Old Testame...

If we were to underscore the key themes and motifs of the story of David, what would we find? Here are few that come first to mind: A tale o...

In reading the Book of Samuel as a literary artifact, we have gathered some indications of how tales from the Old Testament remained crucial...

Jutta points us to a review of   The Bible and the People , by Lori Anne Ferrell, which looks at the Bible's long career in European cul...

Last time, a question arose about the threshing floor at the end of 2 Samuel and its relation to the site of the Temple later built by Solom...

. . .we will show you how to translate newly acquired knowledge about mirror neurons, spindle cells, and oscillators into practical, sociall...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book  "Psychologists a...

When David Heard - Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) And the king 4428  was much moved, 7264  and went up 5927  to 5921  the chamber 5944  over th...

The Bible's Buried Secrets - the fascinating Nova documentary mentioned by Shaw the other day - is available online. Lots of extra mate...

A friend notes that Peter Abelard (1079-1142) composed a Lament (Planctus) of David for Jonathan. A snippet: ...You now, my Jonathan,   I mo...

A close relative of the Pistacia palaestina  (below), which grows in Israel. Pistacia palaestina is distinguished from P. terebinthus ...