In an extraordinarily well-conceived article on snippets from biblical Hebrew (First Fruits of Zion, Nov-Dec 1997, issue 52), Rimona Frank—an Israeli with a very good command of Hebrew, as well as English—compares two words from the root bet-resh-khaf: brakha (blessing) and the seemingly ‘lowly’ berekh (knee).

On November 24th, the walls of the Reform synagogue in the city of Ra’anana near Tel Aviv were defaced with threatening graffiti.

The Christmas season retells the marvelous events surrounding the birth of our Lord in Bethlehem: the shepherds, angels and manger, all familiar and beloved.

Antinomianism comes from the Christian understanding of Romans 10:4: “For the Messiah is the culmination of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.”

David’s Defection – Part II

Part and parcel of visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City these days is being asked by elderly Jewish women wrapped in colorful head scarves if you would like to put one of their red string bracelets on your wrist.

Christian theological documents representing most historic churches commonly declare that “God was crucified” or that “God died on the cross.”

BIBLE STUDY

It was on 2nd November 1917 that the British Government issued what came to be known as the Balfour Declaration.