In the first verse, from the Old Testament's Book of Deuteronomy, Moses "gives the laws to the Israelites and tells the people to 'observe them carefully, for this is your wisdom,'" Paternostro said.

Richard Hays, a minister and the soon-to-be dean of Duke Divinity School, wrote what became the go-to traditionalist ...

Exodus through Deuteronomy recounts the Israelite salvation from Egypt, the wilderness journey, and the revelation of law at the divine mountain. These books are a mixture of narrative and law, with ...

Genesis 4:16). Throughout the rest of the Old Testament, God continues to call persons to repent, confess and do penance. It also becomes more ritualized. Through the law of Moses, he gave ...

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 ...

They thought the material world was bad. They didn't honor the God of the Old Testament who was represented as a creator. They didn't honor the law that God gave in the Hebrew Bible, and in fact ...

Discover why the New Testament includes letters, their significance, and their impact on the Christian message alongside the ...

Now that we have read the secular world’s definition (and maybe learned a new word), how does the Old Testament warn about sin? Since sin is viewed as a transgression of God's law and a defiance ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Why and how is the Old Testament figure of the Queen Mother a type or model of Our Lady? A: Comparing the queen mother tradition, as it existed in Israel to ...

We’re slowly making our way through the Old Testament, Genesis to Malachi ... Because her daughters-in-law are young, Naomi, the mother, urges them to go back to their own families and to ...

A missing 15-year-old boy with autism was found safe in Genesee County after an extensive nightlong search by air and land.