the bible Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/the-bible/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:13:30 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 The Lost Ark https://www.jwire.com.au/the-lost-ark-2/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-lost-ark-2/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:13:30 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174473 So many people love conspiracy theories, fantasies, and lost causes. Best-selling books and movies focus on myths of missing people, cities, and treasures such as Atlantis and Treasure Island. And going further back in time, to the Golden Fleece or the Ten Lost Tribes. Christianity, of course, is the champion of fantasies and relics. For […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-lost-ark-2/feed/ 0 174473 Shabbat Pinchas https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-pinchas/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-pinchas/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2025 01:00:51 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171132 Qualities of Leadership In addition to the spiritual and ritual laws of the Torah, themes of leadership run through all five books, sometimes overtly and sometimes subtly. An obvious example is the chapters of the Torah we have been reading (Bemidbar, from Chapter 11 to Chapter 28), in which the leadership of Moshe was constantly […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-pinchas/feed/ 0 171132 Why The Bible Began? https://www.jwire.com.au/why-the-bible-began/ https://www.jwire.com.au/why-the-bible-began/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:06:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=154484 I pick up any academic book on the Bible with trepidation. First of all, because the very term needs clarification. Are we talking about the Old Testament or the New? For Jews, there is only one Bible. It is pored over by academics, fundamentalists, and theologians. All vying for absolute authority. It is indeed a […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/why-the-bible-began/feed/ 1 154484 1984 is now https://www.jwire.com.au/1984-is-now/ https://www.jwire.com.au/1984-is-now/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:43:36 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=153142 In August, Adam Gopnik published an article in the New Yorker of the August 28, 2023, issue, with the headline “The Biggest Losers.” It was a review of “ Why the Bible Began” by Jacob L Wright. It is an excellent review to be expected of a journalist of repute, perhaps best known for his […]

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