Fig trees are referenced many times in the Bible. After eating the forbidden fruit (possibly a fig), Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover their modesty and shame. In one of the stories of the New ...

They list at three of their findings on how the Bible fosters human flourishing: “First, Bible reading is likely to promote ...

I'm not sure any society was ever really egalitarian, but there is a sort of egalitarianism in the Hebrew Bible: "Every man under his own fig tree, equal in the eyes of Yahweh." It's interesting ...

In 1983, biblical scholar Robert Gundry was ousted from the Evangelical Theological Society. Gundry, in his lengthy ...

Can you grow a fig from a fig tree? Well, it was Epictetus that said, 'If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you ...

Jesus also then curses a fig tree and the two stories are woven together, in Mark, in such a way that the symbolism carries over from one to the next. Jesus is standing against the Temple ...

But it is no ordinary tree. The majestic fig tree, which is 100 years old and towers over a section of Waiyaki Way in the west of Nairobi, had been sentenced to death to make way for an expressway ...

The tree has been fragmented and looks like two separate trees, but the root system below the ground remains connected. Methuselah (USA) This tree is named after a long-lived chap in the bible ...

We happily had numerous fig tree sellers and educators on hand to encourage others to begin their own journey into the art and fun of cultivation their own tree.” The joy of growing fig trees ...

Here are the rituals and routines that top performers live by to keep themselves grounded and mentally prepared for their ...