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…
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…
“We in the West basically boil memory down to factual recall or lack thereof,” says Dr. Megan Roberts, but that’s not what most biblical authors mean when they say “remember.” Roberts teaches the Old Testament at Prairie College in Three Hills, Alberta. When she first started her research into memory, she was struck by the…
Last Saturday was called the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, and the war which has exploded in Israel and Gaza is only just beginning. On my social media, I follow artists who support Israel and even more artists who support Palestine. Many of them are responding with wisdom and empathy and grief. But…
|
Uploaded
Failed
|
 |
