Veda is considered to be the foundational pillar of Vedic philosophical tradition and culture. The emergence of Vedas precedes the recorded history of man. A commonly held view is that they emerged from the innermost core of Brahma’s consciousness at the beginning of creation. Various evidences have been put forward to establish that since Veda is one of the most ancient scriptures, it is the m...

Religion has been around for centuries. It has produced a set of beliefs that bind people and affect their daily lives. The teachings of religious scriptures have shaped people’s attitudes and behaviors, culminating their practices. For instance, Muslim men can marry as many women as they want; while Christians, as their teachings say, can only marry once. Religion also takes most of its devote...

In Contra Galilaeos, Julian makes the case that in the writings of Moses Yahweh is not the ‘Most High’ God, but simply one of many national gods (the biblical term is ‘angels’ or ‘sons of god/s’, לא ינב, םילא ינב, or ב םיהלאה ינ ) of the ancient Near Eastern world, who received Israel as an inheritance from the hand of the Most High. Christians claim the Jewish Yahweh as their God, and appeal t...

According to Professor R. B. Greenblatt, probably the first account in the western world of the adrenal glands is to be found in the Bible. In his work Search the Scriptures (1977), he cites the clear case of monozygotic twins, the Biblical twins, Esau and Jacob, the first being described as exceptionally hairy and strong, possibly presenting the symptoms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, wher...