When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem and gained the support of the Jewish leaders to rebuild the wall, he immediately ran into opposition from the leaders of the peoples around: Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arabian (Neh. …
In view of the claims and the publicity attached to the two books under review it may be as well to look at the contents somewhat closely. The main aim of both books is to enhance the position and importance …
It was the Patriarch Job, of the land of Uz, approximately 1,500 years before Christ, who expressed a wish that his words might be graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever” (Job 19:24). Did he …
Cuneiform is the descriptive name for the ancient form of writing in wedge-shaped characters. It was in use for centuries in Sumer, Assyria and Babylon, and is the oldest form of writing that has been discovered and deciphered. It was …