Sparks Commentary

In 1656, Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated , from the  Jewish  community into which he was born. He had taught some doctrines that offended ...

“Our knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is directly dependent upon Jewish oral tradition and thus on the state of that tradition during and follow...

“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish ...

“The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people . Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they f...

Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures, which I simply cannot omit. By far the most infamous episode of the twentieth cen...

Moses ben Maimon (better known as Maimonides ) was one of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages . He was a  Jewish   philosophe...

“This book is intended for people of all faiths – and for skeptics, too. It reflects no particular religious commitments – nor is it anti-re...

“And he [Jonah] said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the L ORD , the God of heaven , which hath made the sea and the dry land.” - T...

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof … ” – First Amendment to the ...

“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee [Abraham] and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant , t...

“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more...

“For thou art an holy people unto the L ORD thy God: the L ORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all ...

The Egyptian language might have been the first language in human history to have been written down . (Although some scholars have argued...

“And David perceived that the L ORD had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Isr...

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God , that he owes account to none other for his ...

"Written by a team of pioneering archaeologists and acknowledged experts working at the cutting edge of Egyptology ... " - Th...

"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter....

"The term 'Near East' is not widely used today. It has survived in a scholarship rooted in the nineteenth century when it was...

"And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the L ORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and ma...