Christian interpreters of the Bible usually see themselves as God’s chosen people. We relate to people like Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Rachel. When reading a book like Exodus, ...

One of my life-changing experiences was reading Richard Elliott Friedman’s “Who Wrote the Bible?” for the first time. It was Friedman’s work that inspired me to write my own books about the Bible, and ...

WASHINGTON — To Jews, a Bible without the story of the Exodus from Egypt is unthinkable: No plagues, no bondage, no liberation — no Passover. To Christians, a New Testament without the Book of ...

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For anyone interested in the Bible, Richard Elliott Friedman’s new book is a game changer. Friedman makes a credible and convincing case for the historical truth of a story that has been widely ...

People understand and translate the Bible differently. The use of anointing oil is found in the Bible, and people have created different formulas based on their misinterpretations. Pastor Andrew and ...

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Terry Kraus was a 12-year-old transfer to a new school in Arizona in the 1960s when a classmate picked on her for being Jewish. A sympathetic teacher saw the exchange, and slipped her a book: Exodus, ...

Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings is not exactly a documentary, so a comparison of the film’s adaptation to Scripture is not the point of the movie. But it can be helpful to understand the ...