Isaiah 7:14 turns on one Hebrew word, almah (עַלְמָה). Here is how the word behaves when you line up its other appearances. By the usual count it occurs seven times in the Hebrew…
The Tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew script, set apart from the square-script text around it — the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5), Qumran Cave 11, 1st century CE. Public domain, via…
Christ Pantocrator, encaustic icon, 6th century — Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. John 1:1 and the deity of Christ A reader asked:…
The opening of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch — British Library, Or. 485, folio 102r, 16th century. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A reader asked: "Why did you not include the…
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