Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems.

Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. Jacob’s descendants have multiplied and prospered in Egypt, “and the land was filled with them.” The new Pharaoh is alarmed and “oppressed ...

I'm sure all of us are very familiar with this feast of Corpus Christi, which means, "Body of Christ," but which we now celebrate as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Most of us probably ...

Society was changing rapidly in Jesus’ day, and this affected the interpretation of biblical law. Precepts that had made sense in an independent, agrarian and egalitarian Israel no longer functioned ...

This week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with a list of those who made their way down to Egypt from Canaan. While the Torah goes into detail about their dramatic stories back home, we know very ...

The idea of “covenant” comes up frequently in proposed solutions to mainline crises. Before writing its final report, the PCUSA Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church drew up ...

The task is not a New Testament afterthought, peripheral to the work of the Church, but is basic to the fulfillment of God’s purpose for the world. A persistent pursuit in the Church during the past ...

“I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you” (Ezek 16:8). Ezek 16:1-15, 60, 63; Matt 19:3-12 God’s covenant with Israel is expressed in the Bible as a love story, not just a contract ...

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most intriguing and mysterious artifacts in religious history. Allegedly holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, its existence has been debated for ...