In his introduction to his graphic novel which imagines the possible stories and interactions Jesus – whom he calls Yeshua, his Hebrew name – might have had on the Emmaus Road, author Matt Mikalatos asserts that comic books and the Bible have much in common: “Pretty much every story you like comes in comic form…
Because Nancy and I are both academics, we have more books in our house than some of the smaller branches of the Hamilton Public Library. Among these we have myriad copies of the Bible in different translations in English and other languages. Already when I was in high school, I used my allowance to purchase…
For the March issue’s theme on Translation, CC’s Editor interviewed Dr. Albert M. Wolters, emeritus Professor of Religion at Redeemer University and a biblical scholar who translated one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here, Dr. Wolters tells the story of being invited to view the actual Copper Scroll in Jordan and what happened after he…
“. . . the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” (Acts 11:26) The word “Christian” is used only three times in the Bible: when King Agrippa used it ironically to mock St. Paul’s testimony by sneering, “Soon you will persuade me to play the Christian” (Acts 26: 28); when the Apostle Peter urges his…
Since I was a child I have been fascinated by those extra books found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, known to Protestants as the Apocrypha. These include Tobit, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, 1 and 2 Maccabees and some additions to the books of Esther and Daniel as found…
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