The almost-biblical Megillah of Antiochus.

The non-biblical Hanukkah story.

Roman bloodsports offended Jewish sensibilities, but that didn’t keep some from watching—or participating.

Inserting divine instruction or omitting the story altogether.

Ethics of the Fathers.

Yehezkel Kaufmann’s legacy.

And ancient Judaism’s greatest playwright.

A defender of the Jews when they were at their most unpopular.

Four questions? Make it four statements.

“I and no angel.”

The Greak-speaking Jewish philosopher had more in common with the rabbis than scholars have assumed.

Hebrew, written from left to right.

From Jeremiah to klezmer.

“A global community with a common heritage, a common God, and a common messianic future.”