According to the Ashkenazic custom, this week?s Haftorah is from the Book of Isaiah, Chap. 27:6-13, 28:1-13, 29:22-23. According to the Sephardic custom, it is from the Book of Jeremiah, Chap. 1:1 to ...

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When King Josiah of Judah turned 20 years old, he embarked on a dramatic renovation of the First Temple in Jerusalem. During the long reign of his grandfather Manasseh in the seventh century BCE, the ...

This week ends the professor’s Bible study on the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures, the shaggy “conscience of Israel.” Thus far we have reflected on Amos, Hosea and Jeremiah. This week we consider ...

A lectern inside an abandoned building on 12 acres of land just outside Wetumpka, Ala., the last known home of the House of Judah and the self-proclaimed Prophet William A. Lewis. Photo taken April 16 ...

Christmas is about Jesus. Along the way, however, there is a whole cast of smaller roles that work together to cooperate with the divine plan. Elizabeth fits this description. She is someone who ...

In this 1983 file photo from The Grand Rapids Press, "Prophet" William A. Lewis spouts Bible verse and preaches to reporters and bystanders near the Allegan County courthouse. ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – ...

Obadiah is only 21 verses long, which makes it the shortest book of the Old Testament. Because it’s so short, it doesn’t contain as much data as other books, and that means we have less to work with ...