When the Jews returned to their homeland after the exile things changed. Find out about the factors that influenced the Jews after they returned to Judea. In Babylon  The Bible provides little information about the years in the sixth century B.C. when many of the Israelite people lived in exile… Read More

The Bible contains a wide array of literature, including love songs and apocalyptic visions. This tool gives a brief explanation of each genre that will give you a platform for understanding the Bible on your own. Most books fall into one particular category of literature or another. An… Read More

There are more copies of Bibles than any other book in the world. Read about how the Bible was passed down to us through countless generations over thousands of years. The Bible is like a small library that contains many books written by many authors. The word “Bible”… Read More

Sometimes the truth is buried—literally. But as archaeologists sift through the deserted remnants of the past, they often have rediscovered truth attested to in the Bible. Archaeology has helped to confirm some of the events reported in the Bible. Although it cannot “prove” every detail found in the Bible (since… Read More

In a courtroom, a testimony is more believable if there are multiple witnesses. Find out how ancient writings are witnesses to the truths found in the Bible Bible translators sometimes have difficulty rendering accurate translations of certain Hebrew words until these words (or words similar to them) are discovered in… Read More

Today there are countless translations and paraphrases of the English Bible. Find out how the English Bibles we have today were influenced by people and events in the past. The story of the English Bible spans more than 13 centuries of fascinating history. In that period, the English language… Read More

Different Bible translations are helpful for different situations. Read about what Bible translation will fit your needs. As you begin to pick an English Bible for your purpose, remember that some of the translations available today are better known by their full name, and others by their acronyms. Here’s… Read More

Scholars have been working on Bible translations for over 2,000 years. Read about the history of translation and how it influenced the modern world. Translation is the process of communicating a message into a language that is different from the one in which the message was originally written. The… Read More

During Jesus’ earthly ministry he often communicated through the use of parables, stories used to teach a lesson. Learn about why Jesus used these stories. “Parable” comes from the Greek word which means “to put things together in order to compare them.” Parables are usually short stories told to… Read More

Find out what different faith traditions in Western Christianity say about the Deuterocanonical books and what role these books play in the Old Testament canon. The term “apocrypha” is Greek for “hidden or secret (things).” When Jerome translated the Scriptures into Latin in the late fourth century, he noted… Read More