The parchment maker specialised in producing and processing parchment. The work was both technically difficult and time-consuming. The production process included several steps that required proficient skills in processing animal…
Historian When assessing Luke as a historian, it is important to keep in mind that his work was written in an entirely different era to modern historians. Today's historians work…
To introduce this series of articles, I will begin by explaining its purpose and content. The goal is to assess Luke’s credibility as an author by analysing selected passages from…
Several cities across the world share names with biblical characters. Naturally, this has led to these cities’ football clubs having a biblical connection as well. For example, the Brazilian City…
The 10 Commandments are a set of norms that God, according to the Bible, gave to the Israelites.We find the foundation for them in Exodus chapter 20: verses 1-17 (NIV)[1]:“And…
What kind of materials is the Bible’s handwriting written on? In the previous article, we became familiar with how papyrus is made. In this second part, we shall take a closer…
What kind of writing materials is the Bible’s handwriting written on? When one reads about the history of the Bible, one often runs into terms like papyrus, parchment, vellum and sometimes…
In this day and age we take it for granted that we are able to read the Bible in our own language. Back in the day however, this activity was…
When one compares the first Christian congregation and the synagogue, one finds many similarities. This is not so strange since the first people who converted to Christianity were Jews and…
In the previous part, “The synagogue in the 1st century” (part 3) we saw how the service in a synagogue was done. Even if this was the most important function,…
