Friendship, a Covenant, Romance – No Matter What You Call It, David’s Love for Jonathan Is One of the Bible’s Most Beautiful

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By:Jacob F. Love | theconversaiton.com For the idea of love, biblical Hebrew has precious few synonyms. Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation of love: the love of a man for a woman, the love of any human being for their fellow human, the love of Israel for Israel’s God, and the […]

An Analysis of “Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child”: Biblical and Torah Perspectives on Discipline and Parenting

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An Analysis of “Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child”: Biblical and Torah Perspectives on Discipline and Parenting

Introduction The phrase “spare the rod and spoil the child” is one of the most widely cited proverbs concerning parenting and discipline. It has been invoked for centuries to justify practices of physical punishment, often interpreted as essential to raising morally upright children. However, the phrase does not actually appear verbatim in the King James […]