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A new study carried out by Cambridge University researchers has led to the discovery of a new chapter in the history of the Bible, giving researchers insight into a part of the Byzantine Jewish life and culture.It seems that contrary to what was largely believed, Jews continued to use a Greek version of the Bible in ... |
28 December 2010
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that the Red Sea may have been parted by winds blowing in a very specific way, rather than by the cane-wielding Moses. The data goes against the teaching contained in the Book of Genesis, which holds that the prophet Moses parted the Red Sea to allow for the fleeti... |
21 September 2010
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Spanning between the time when early Christians lived in Roman catacombs and the 1800s, the Old Testament Apocrypha has been one of the most influential segments of the Bible, as far as artists go. Apparently, a large number of painters and sculptors fell under the spell of how the writings depicted the characters in... |
15 February 2010
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Scientists at the University of Haifa, led by Professor Gershon Galil, announce that they managed to decipher some of the oldest Hebrew biblical inscriptions available. The work sheds new light on the period in which the Holy Book was written, and also demonstrates that the tablet Galil analyzed is the oldest biblica... |
8 January 2010
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According to a respected Old Testament scholar, it may be that the beginning of the Book of Genesis from the Bible has been mistranslated continuously ever since the book was made available in languages other than ancient Hebrew. Professor Ellen van Wolde, who is also a respected author, adds that the sentence &ldquo... |
13 October 2009
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Christians of all faiths now have the opportunity to view an entire half of the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript online. Through painstaking work, researchers were able to piece together the required text, and decided to display it online, for everyone to see. The display can be found at codexsinaiticus. Th... |
6 July 2009
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In the eve of the Passover holiday, archaeologists from the University of Haifa have just discovered a large, foot-shaped enclosure, of the kind that was described in the Bible as the place where the people of Israel would gather their armies, practice religious rituals, as well as conduct other ceremonies. Prof. Ada... |
7 April 2009
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On Friday, an Italian archaeologist claimed to have discovered one of the oldest-known temples in the Mediterranean Sea area, one that was believed to be more than 4,000 years old. If this turns out to be accurate, then it precedes all other known structures in the region by more than a millennium. Maria Rosaria Belg... |
30 March 2009
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The Bible, probably the most important writing ever known to mankind, has constantly been the subject of interpretations conducted by the most enlightened minds of the world for more than 2000 years now. That is why for a modern man, who can and will judge for themselves, having all the pieces of the puzzle is the fi... |
12 March 2009
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It seems that pastors, priests, and believers of different creeds really have a thing for predicting widespread cataclysms on Earth, in the hope of getting people to join their ranks and repent. And while the final devastation is, indeed, predicted in the Book of Apocalypse, and some current events may be construed a... |
11 March 2009
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The imminence of Christmas turns scientists, as always, towards the more mystique side of the research fields. Although not the first one to do this, a study by David Reneke, news editor of Australia's Sky and Space Magazine, focused on the biblical myth of the Christmas star, the one that the three wise men pro... |
12 December 2008
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The Biblical place of Elah Valley, where possibly the most ancient Hebrew inscription was recently discovered on a pottery shard, was again brought to the attention of archaeologists and scholars. This time, a team of experts, including archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel from the Hebrew University, has unearthed a second ... |
24 November 2008
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Following the recent association of an ancient copper mine with King Solomon, another such example comes in the form of the discovery of a pottery shard containing what appears to be possibly the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found. The Israeli archaeologist who made the discovery associates the three-millennia-old ... |
3 November 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Welcome to a new edition of our weekly software roundup. This week, we have two freeware apps and one that costs just a few bucks but is well worth every penny. If you're the religious type, there's also something here today that might interest you.Ghost - easily hide or reveal your filesApple doesn't ... |
1 November 2008
05:41 GMT |
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We live in a digital world, where huge amounts of information in electronic format are transferred and used on a daily basis (even the article you'll be reading as follows falls in this category). Given these circumstances, it's no wonder that the digital environment is the best possible solution to deliver... |
28 October 2008
17:21 GMT |
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AcroDesign Technologies has announced the release of its downloadable, native, NIV iPhone Bible. AcroBible is a downloadable, offline, annual-fee based Bible which boasts the ability to search for words or phrases, create bookmarks, attach notes to any verse, and highlight verses in up to six colors. Users just pay o... |
8 September 2008
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MacSword is a free piece of Mac software that enables one to read and browse many Bible translations into different languages. Just updated to version 1.4.0, the open source app now boasts over 200 modules in 50 languages, all available from the Crosswire Bible Society. Bibles, commentaries, lexicons, dictionaries an... |
31 July 2008
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Nebuchadrezzar (630-562 BC) was the king of Babylon, in Mesopotamia (today's Iraq, the vast fertile region between the river Tiger and Euphrates). He managed to organize a terrible army, endowed with chivalry and war chariots, and conquered a vast empire after destroying the Assyrian empire and laying in ruins t... |
1 April 2008
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The priest may have told you not to follow the Biblical example of Jezebel, the lewd and wicked ancient queen, but an old stone tells more about the Old Testaments' vicious girl. The stone was found in Israel in 1964, and linked to Queen Jezebel, but only recently did the researchers solve the puzzle of the seal... |
9 November 2007
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What a sensation caused at that times the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran caves (in today's West Bank) in 1947 by a shepherd boy!... These are the only ancient manuscripts older than 100 BC of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) preserved till today. In historical times, Qumran was a peaceful place of w... |
16 July 2007
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The American Bible Society and the Bible Societies of Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Russia and South Africa announced the launch a mobile Internet site intended to easily deliver the Bible to mobile phone subscribers. The service enables mobile phone users in more than 130 countri... |
20 March 2007
09:48 GMT |
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