Yet I am speaking of Jews living in the sixth century BC, and one Jew in particular: the prophet Daniel. His eponymously titled book in the Old Testament provides a surprising template for ...
The Prophet Daniel and the Three Children were all descended from the royal tribe of Judah. In the year 599 before Christ, in the reign of Joachim, who was also called Jechonias (I Chron. 3:16, and II ...
The BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra join Carolyn Sampson, Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, Sir Simon Keenlyside and conductor Daniel Hyde in a performance ... of this inspirational and ...
The Old Testament often refers to Sheol ... writing mysterious words on the wall. The prophet Daniel interpreted this as a ...
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 ...
Fundamentalist Christians have long supported Israel because of their belief that the Jews are God’s “chosen people.” The ...
A quiz: Who said the following, and which speaker did the New York Times deem dark and demagogic? “We’re not going to have a country” if my opponent wins. My opponent is “a threat to our democracy and ...
One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken by the prophets in the Old Testament. The prophets acted as God's spokespeople, conveying God's messages to the ...
When Praful Nargund stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North at the July general election, I heard several confident ...
Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn, which has been described as “the most popular oratorio of the 19th century”, was performed at ...
He was saying that people need to turn from sin and turn to God. To suggest that everyone from the Old Testament prophets to Christ and the apostles, to the early church fathers and the reformers ...
Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets (Isaiah ... Christians adopted the phrase "Old Testament" to refer to these sacred books they shared with Jews. As for the New ...