But can it defeat the ayatollahs’ well-oiled machinery of oppression?

Pillar figurines and rosette stamps confirm the biblical account.

Nehemiah son of Hachaliah.

Striking similarities.

Mar Zutra’s monarchy.

Could she be Xerxes’ wife, Queen Amestris?

Where did many of the tales in the Babylonian Talmud come from?

When Jews returned from exile, they brought the Babylonian calendar with them.

The Babylonian Talmud contains a vast wealth of information about the Jewish society that, from the 3rd to 7th century, produced it, but historians have. . .

Focusing on the conflict between the Roman and Persian empires, a new study of the origins of Islam highlights the young religion’s core objective: universal conquest.