The noun πυρ ( pur ) means fire and both these words, as well as English' many "pyro-" words, stem from the widely attested Pr...

Where does a phenomenon like love come from? How does the universe bring forth such a thing? Why is it such a universal thing that seems to ...

The familiar noun αγαπη ( agape ) is commonly translated with "love" but it's not that simple, or perhaps simpler than that. A...

The answer to the age old question whether the Bible is infallible depends entirely on the standard you use or the stage upon which you unf...

The noun κοσμος ( kosmos ) means order. It probably stems from the verb κομεω ( komeo ), meaning to take care of or to tend, but apparently ...

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

We humans call ourselves with some pride Homo sapiens , after the verb sapio , meaning to taste or have taste and thus to have the ability t...

The significance of Jesus Christ (his example, deeds, teachings, etc) should not be confused with the personal historicity of Christ. In fac...

Here at Abarim Publications we rarely get nervous, but the pi-challenge presented in 1 Kings 7:23 is formidable, and required more volume o...

Stars were created to be signs (Genesis 1:14), but as with every message (including Scriptures) a flawed exegesis gives flawed conclusions. ...

There is a phenomenon going on on earth that only very few people recognize, and that by itself it highly remarkable.  Most of us have ...

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

"And I will make your descendants a the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants ...

Our good friend Neil Degrasse Tyson, always charming, not always without fallacy Once upon a time, people believed that the earth was f...

Perhaps I've been an engineer too long, or perhaps not long enough, but when I look at the description of the Temple of YHWH built by S...