Jesus’ birth story ... of human history. One of the most compelling realities surrounding the Nativity narrative is Jesus’ birth was foretold long before the manger, with the Old Testament ...

Newsom, Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible ... of female characters especially struck me as we move from the nation's earliest origins, with a Family Story becoming a People's ...

Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the history of these ancient texts ... call the Hebrew Bible - and Christians call the Old Testament - developed over roughly a millennium; the oldest ...

The term “Old Testament” is a loaded one since ... This section contains what scholars refer to as the “Primeval History,” the story of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...