Golgotha is the name of the place where Jesus was crucified. The gospels of Matthew , Mark and John mention the name Golgotha, but add th...

It's been overly reported that in Hebrew "feet" may be a euphemism for the male genitals, but that's jumping the gun a bi...

As the deer pants for the waters so my soul longs after thee Everybody knows about the panting deer of the opening line of Psalm 42, an...

It's often said that vowels were added to ancient Hebrew by the Masoretes. This is wholly incorrect. The oft repeated rumor has it ...

Red is the color of dawn and the beginning of civilization Perhaps by coincidence and perhaps not, the דום root-cluster contains roots ...

The Hebrew word for olive tree is זית ( zayit ; Deuteronomy 8:8, 2 Kings 18:32, Amos 4:9), or the fruit of it; olives (Micah 6:15) and olive...

The root-verb צחק ( sahaq ) means to laugh, or rather: to have fun, in pretty much the same range of applications as in English (Genesis 39:...

From our article on the verb זבח ( zabah ), meaning to slaughter or sacrifice: The act of sacrificing animals is very common in the Bible ...

These graceful Biblical names all derive from the familiar noun שלום ( shalom ), meaning peace: Abishalom Absalom Bishlam Islam Jerusa...

Abaddon is destruction personified, and it's curious (not to mention evident of a lopsided theological tradition) that Abaddon never...

In English, the words "father" and "son" primarily denote two people who are biologically related, and when we use these...

So why is such a disproportionally large portion of Nobel Prize laureates Jewish ? Jews comprise 0.2% of the world's population and...

International trade arose from curiosity When the beginning of global trade is discussed, scholars commonly emphasize the exchange of ...

Very few modern commentators will deny that the story of Jesus was told in such a way that besides convey absolute truth, it also respon...