New York’s Museum of Biblical Art is closing, because it’s “too religious.”
Did the scribes of the Dead Sea scrolls insert their own ideas into the texts?
“Reading the Bible was a kind of escape from Russia.”
An interview discussing the most recent archaeological discoveries in Israel.
A strange book based on several ancient Jewish texts.
How new technology is being used to understand the scrolls.
Possibly the third largest city in ancient Judah.
An interview with the man who wrote the book on the Aleppo Codex.
A new museum in Israel strives to spread knowledge about the wildlife that once existed in the land and is discussed in the Bible. Orit. . .
Any Catholic edition of the Bible contains a text known as “Additions to Esther.” Based on an ancient version of the Book of Esther, and. . .
Queen Esther has been criticized, most notably by feminists, for her alleged passivity, deviousness, and reliance on her beauty alone. Michael V. Fox argues that. . .
The hibernation of the groundhog holds an important place in American folklore; much less well-known is its possible appearance in rabbinic folklore. According to one. . .
There are a few references to Satan in the Hebrew Bible, but the figure they describe bears little relation to that found in the New. . .
Last year, archaeologists discovered lumps of clay (known as bullae) made for sealing documents in Khirbet Summeily in the Negev. Their presence suggests. . .