What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on ...

Yahweh was the name of the God of Israel. And it must have been a wonderful book, but all we have is a kind of learned footnote. Q: If it's an anthology, what ties the Bible together? Coogan ...

The Book of Samuel further narrates the showdown between David and Goliath, where the young man triumphs against all odds ...

The 67th Psalm is a prayer for God’s goodness upon Israel for the benefit of the whole world. Long ago the Lord chose to begin a nation through one man and his then barren wife. Please log in, or sign ...

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

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Meanwhile the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, “Go and speak to ...