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Many readers of the Torah are shocked and disturbed when they discover its seemingly approving references to slavery. Yes. The Torah recognises the existence of slaves, and legislates some aspect of ...

The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...

This biblical book of sayings and advice is full of wisdom. The Book of Proverbs is one of the most quoted books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). Comprising the second book in the Ketuvim (or Writings) ...

SHERIDAN, Miami (AFP) - An extremely fragile, ancient Hebrew scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing the earliest copy of Old Testament Bible scripture since the Dead Sea ...

One of the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts just raked in some major dough. Dubbed the Codex Sassoon, the 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sold for a staggering $38.1 million at Sotheby’s New York on ...

CORRECTION: A number of changes were made in this article according to AFP corrections to its story, the main change being that this scroll is not the earliest copy of Old Testament Bible scripture.