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Bible's Mythical Manna

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Manna was the food that came down from God to feed the children of Israel daily in the wilderness for the forty years of their journey to Canaan.  What Is Manna? Bible Descriptions. The word "manna" means "What is it?" in Hebrew. Manna is also known in the Bible as the "bread of heaven," "corn of heaven," "angel's food," and "spiritual meat." This miracle bread from heaven saved God's people.  Exodus 16:14 - "When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground."  Exodus 16:31 - "The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers."  Numbers 11:7 - "The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin."   And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will ...

William Tyndale: A Radical Reformer

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  William Tyndale was born around 1494 in Melksham Court, Stinchcombe, a village near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. In 1506, William was enrolled at Magdalen College School at the Oxford University and completed his B.A. in 1512 and his Master of Arts degree in 1515. This allowed him to start studying theology, but not Scripture. He proved to be a gifted linguist. He became fluent in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. Between 1517 and 1521, he went to the University of Cambridge and served as a professor of Greek. While at Cambridge, he became further convinced that the Bible alone should determine the practices and doctrines of the church and that every follower should be able to read the Bible in his own language. In 1521, he left Cambridge and became the chaplain at the home of Sir John Walsh, at Little Sodbury. In 1523, Tyndale tried and failed to get authorization from the church to transla...