The Synagogue Part 2 | The architecture and financing of the synagogue
In part 2, we will examine the synagogue's internal and external formation. We will also discuss a storage room or a place in the synagogue called geniza. We will also…
The Synagogue Part 1 | The origin of the synagogue
When one is reading The New Testament (NT) the synagogue arises from nothing. Jesus teaches in the synagogue, he heals in the synagogue and he predicts that his followers will…
How the Bible Has Influenced the Culture | Part 1 | Painters
A lecturer at the University of Bergen said: “Knowing the Bible is key to understanding the culture one is part of, and thus also to understanding oneself. Not knowing the…
How the Bible Has Influenced the Culture | Part 2 | Authors
In this part of the series, “The Bible’s Influence on Nordic Culture”, we will take a closer look at the Nordic authors’ relation to the Bible. In the Danish magazine…
Seals and The Bible Part 3
Stamp Seals A stamp seal, as the name implies, is a seal used as a stamp. The size was usually about 1 cm in diameter. The seal was sometimes inserted…
Seals and The Bible Part 2
Cylinder SealsThe seal on the picture to the right is a typical cylinder seal. Such seals were often 2–4 cm tall and could be made of stone, ivory, glass, amethyst…
Seals and The Bible Part 1
Seals are mentioned several times in the Bible, for instance in 1 Kings 21:8: “So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, placed his seal on them, and sent them to…
What does the word Bible mean?
The word Bible comes via Latin from the Greek word biblia, which means “small books”. This is again derived from the word biblos, a word that describes the papyrus plant’s…
What language is the Bible originally written in?
The part of the Bible (the Old Testament) that is from the first century was written in Hebrew and some Aramaic. All text in the New Testament was written in…
How long does it take to read the Bible?
A regular Norwegian bible has about 1400 pages and consists of about 3 million letters. To read it “quietly” takes about 50 hours, while it takes about 80 hours to…
