Beauty

Beauty

Culture, Genesis, Old Testament

The story of Leah and Rachel, found in the Book of Genesis, describes how they were both daughters of Laban and wives of Jacob. The Bible portrays Rachel as physically beautiful, while Leah is described with “weak eyes” or less striking features, depending...
No Prophets from Here!

No Prophets from Here!

Culture

  The Paradox of Familiarity: Why We Often Value the Foreign Over the Local There’s an intriguing paradox in human nature that’s deeply rooted in both history and culture: we often place more value on things that come from far away, whether they be objects,...