Sanctified Love of Learning
ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΥΣΕΒΕΣ
A philologist and a friend to the Muses, when at any time he is forced to sup later than ordinary, will not be so much a slave to his belly as to lay aside a geographical scheme when it is before him, or his book, or his lyre; but strenuously turning himself, and taking his mind off from eating, he will in the Muses’ name drive away all such desires, as so many Harpies, from his table.
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Monday Meditation: The Fruit of Idolatry
The first psalm presents its readers with a choice: will you walk in the way of God’s Torah and live a blessed life, or will you choose the way of foolishness and ungodliness? The psalmist uses a simile to describe the results of each way of life. The way of the righteous person is like…
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Secret Codes in the Bible
In 1997, Michael Drosnin published his book The Bible Code. He claimed that the Torah contained hidden messages that predict the future. Drosnin based his work off the research of Israeli mathematician Eliyahu Rips. He claimed one can decipher secret messages in the Torah using Equidistant Letter Sequencing (ELS). An example of such a method…
