The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
Begin thinking of death and you are no longer sure of your life. It's a Hebrew proverb. — Leo Gordon Copy Share Image
We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The Hebrew language will go from the synagogue to the house of study, and from the house of study to the school,… — Eliezer Ben-Yehuda Copy Share Image
The Bible affects everybody's life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia.… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
The Hebrew language... is the only glue which holds together our scattered bones. It also holds together the rings in the chain… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to have sex - you don't have to have a baby when you're 16. You don't have to do drugs.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I'm twelve years old. I run into a synagogue. I ask the rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The very same book, even if it is translated very accurately, let's say from Hebrew into English or from English into Hebrew,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
So where does the name Adam's apple come from? Most people say that it is from the notion that this bump was… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Eugene Peterson points out that "the root meaning in Hebrew of salvation is to be broad, to become spacious, to enlarge. It… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Hebrews 3:19 tells us why the children of Israel did not enter into the promised land. Their problem was the same thing… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
The Hebrew Bible has long been the world's possession, and those who come to it by any means, through whatever language, are… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is always amusing to me and delightful of course that my books sell so well in America and other parts of… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
He was born a King. The wise men came from the East and asked, 'Where is He that is born King of… — W. A. Criswell Copy Share Image
“Life to me is a beautiful gift from from AdoShem that should not be wasted but shared with others. Including amazing revelations… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of… — Ivor Grattan-Guinness Copy Share Image
