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An ancient seal bearing a Hebrew script and recovered in Jerusalem may have belonged to the biblical prophet Isaiah. The seal may be the earliest historical evidence relating to the holy man, who was ...

The etymology for the word prophet in Latin is pro (to come before) and phetas (to speak). In Hebrew it is navi, to proclaim, call or summon, and in Greek it is propheteia, a person who can interpret ...

Section by section, we’ve moved this Lent and into Easter week through the Bible. I’ve pointed out the parallels, the echoes between the Hebrew scriptures and the Greek testament, often called the Old ...

STUDENTS OF history may agree with the ethics of the prophet but they must, in the end, view the text as providing information about the politics, sociology and theology of the Northern Kingdom. This ...

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