Ancient Near East
The Tanakh of the Land of Israel.
The earliest records of the Diaspora show Jews keeping the memory of their homeland alive.
The Drought That May Have Led to the Fall of a Jewish Kingdom in Arabia, and Paved the Way for Islam
The stalagmites’ tale.
Hagai Ben Yehuda’s bakery uses rare, ancient varieties of wheat he believes date back to biblical times.
And its journeys from the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean.
The southern Aegean port city was once home to a large Jewish community.
What makes this ancient Near Eastern law code different from all other ancient Near Eastern law codes?
Sumerian poems, the midrash, and the Divine virtuoso of grieving.
For the Torah, a crime against a human is a crime against God.
The rabbinic tradition got it right.
The mysterious civilization centuries before Abraham.
Evidence that Judaism can’t be reduced to intellectual abstractions.
Protecting the victim and the poor.
Stemming from a God who stands above nature.
