As a religion scholar, however, I believe one of the greatest loves in the Bible is a story of friendship: the intense devotion between the warrior Jonathan and David, who later became king of Israel ...

Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation ... Many translators read this passage to mean that Jonathan and David form a covenant, a pact. Jonathan immediately removes his ...

Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation ... The three first meet when David, portrayed as a young shepherd, volunteers to fight Goliath, who is portrayed as a towering giant ...

These Israelite soldiers were looking at Goliath and not at God’s promises. The Lord had promised them that no man would be ...