The Hebrew Bible generally refers to Jews by some variation of the word Israel. (The word Jew does not appear as such until the later. . .

Benny Lau, a Jerusalem-based rabbi, has created a new website aimed at making the Hebrew Bible accessible to Israelis of all political and religious persuasions,. . .

At the beginning of Exodus, two Hebrew midwives refuse Pharaoh’s instructions to murder Israelite infant males. Jonathan Sacks explores this act of heroism and its. . .

In a current exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a stone slab bears an inscription that mentions the “House of David” as the ruling. . .

In the Hebrew Bible, God curses Cain after he kills Abel, and tells the Israelites that terrible curses will befall them if they do not. . .

Few biblical books have engendered as much analysis or philosophical discussion as the story of Job. A recent “biography” of the title character, by Mark. . .

The Hebrew Bible mentions archaic giants under various names. The best-known reference occurs in Genesis 6:4, where they are called nephilim. But who were they,. . .

In a recent book, David Wolpe argues that David’s was the first fully explored and fleshed-out personality in human literature. Rather than follow the scholarly. . .

The Bible contains numerous references to Asherah or to “asherahs,” usually in the context of calls for their destruction or rebukes to those who worship. . .

Leviticus 18:3 commands “Like the practice of the land of Egypt where you have dwelled, you should not practice, and like the practices of the. . .

Academic study of the Bible in order to shed light on its origins presents a theological minefield; but this does not mean that traditionalist Jews. . .

Comparing the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls with other ancient texts of the Torah can resolve important textual ambiguities.