Page 39 - Hebrew Scriptures News Today

Is God a Person? by Kathleen Mulhern, Ph.D. When people think about God, some think of him as a divine force or a great spirit or the underlying power of the universe. Some Eastern religions, like Hinduism or Buddhism, have a broad understanding of deity that infuses the natural world. While avatars and representatives of the deities might have personhood, the general idea of the divine is impersonal. Abrahamic religions, which include Judaism, Chris...

What is the Holy Book of Judaism? by Kathleen Mulhern, Ph.D Judaism has many sacred texts, but the Hebrew Scriptures are the most holy. These scriptures are also called Tanakh, which is an acronym for Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim. These three sections comprise the whole of the Hebrew Scriptures. The first, in both order and priority, is the Torah, which is the teaching of the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exo...

What Does the Bible Say About Heaven? by Kathleen Mulhern, Ph.D. The Bible’s descriptions of heaven are not numerous, but they are rich and varied. They are also, for the most part, highly symbolic representations of what the afterlife will include. All the writers of scripture seem to share an understanding that human language is inadequate to describe heaven. The Hebrew Scriptures (known to Christians as the Old Testament) do not focus on the afte...

by Stephanie SanHamel In 1960, Norman Cousins, former editor of Saturday Review, wrote, “There is every reason for Judaism to lose its reluctance toward Jesus. His own towering spiritual presence is a projection of Judaism, not a repudiation of it.”1 Yet decades later, Jesus still remains an enigma – the Jewish man who claimed to be Messiah, Lord and God, resulting in billions of people following him and calling themselves Christians. So, what was Jesus’ religion? The simple answer is: ...

comments When poet Amanda Gorman took center stage during President Joe Bidens inauguration to deliver her poem "The Hill We Climb," it became immediately clear why she was chosen to precede him on the podium.  Only four presidents —John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and now, Biden — have had poets read at their inaugurations and Gorman captivated viewers across America as she spoke of a shaded past and a lighter future, not shying away from four years of grief and trauma, but n...

A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.

Print He wanted to continue to be their leader. He wanted to see the fruit of his labors. But it was not to be. Someone else was going to lead them home. He could have thrown a public temper tantrum. He could have summoned his base and rallied them into an angry mob to riot against the decision. He could have refused to concede. Instead, he blessed the people — and his successor — and encouraged them to continue to follow God’s lead. Advertisement Moses, as it turns out, could teach us a ...

SunStar + January 13, 2021 THE Jehovah’s Witnesses released the New World Translation in 33 languages in 2020—the most in any year since releasing its first translation in 1950. As of Dec. 31, 2020, the New World Translation has been published in 195 languages. One of many milestones in its 2020 translation work was reached on Feb. 15, when Geoffrey Jackson, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, announced the completion of the first complete Bible in American...

Do Catholics Have Their Own Bible? The Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are nearly identical. All of the books of the Protestant Bible are in the Catholic Bible, both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and the New Testament. The Catholic Bible also includes, however, another seven books that Protestants do not consider inspired. These books include Tobit, Judith, First Maccabees, Second Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch. There are also extended supplem...

Assault on U.S. Capitol shocks the world All eight videos on the homepage of the website of the Italian daily newspaper, La Repubblica, on Jan. 7, 2021, cover the previous day’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. (CNS photo) By Catholic News Service • Posted January 7, 2021 ROME (CNS) — The breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world. As Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops’ conference...