Bible Study MagazineWhat does Selah mean? The word is prominent in the Psalms, occurring 71 times (as well as 3 in Habakkuk)— but what does it mean?
Mark WardThe book of Genesis does what preachers and Sunday school teachers would do well to avoid. Indeed, it violates the first rule they teach you at Bible-teaching school: Don’t comment on the physical appearance of particular women. It’s okay for...
Faithlife Staffby Dr. Paul Overland | Ashland Theological Seminary There is a huge problem in the way that biblical Hebrew is currently taught: it doesn’t stick. Polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, is better known by its household name “Teflon.” It’s the...
Guest Authorby Joshua Jensen Here’s something you probably never thought to count: The ESV uses the word ‘but’ 4,205 times. That’s nearly once for every 7 verses. That’s a lot. (The NASB has ‘but’ slightly more times, the NIV slightly fewer. But they’re all in...
In the Bible, dreams are sources of divine revelation that indicate what someone should do, reveal what is going to happen, or explain current events. The Bible uses different Hebrew and Greek words when it talks about dreams and visions...
Karen EngleHebrew doesn’t come easy for most—it certainly didn’t for me. While in my Hebrew classes in seminary, I set aside one full day a week to study it, trying my best to memorize the piles of vocabulary words my professor assigned and learn all...
Ryan RotzMany pastors who attend seminary find that the traditional approach to learning Greek and Hebrew does not work for them. First-year courses usually focus on memorizing charts, paradigms, vocabulary, and more. The overwhelming amount of memorization...
Brandon RappuhnWe’re proud to announce our new Grammars Collection—a steeply discounted package of 94 biblical-language grammars to help students and scholars unpack any syntactic or semantic challenge in the study of the biblical text. For merely $8 per grammar...
Pam BauthuesToday’s guest post is from Rich Penix. Penix recently completed a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He currently serves on the ministry staff at Eden Baptist Church in Burnsville, Minnesota...