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Famine in the Bible is more than a curse: It is a signal of change and a chance for a new beginning

  • Written by Joel Baden, Professor of Hebrew Bible, Yale Divinity School
imageThe famine in Samaria was one of many depicted in the Bible.PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world last year, the United Nations warned that the economic disruption of the pandemic could result in famines of “biblical proportions.”

The choice of words conveys more than just scale....

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