Hebrew Bible

The Bible shows our humanity while taking us back to the solitary, deep-water worm of our primordial origins.

May 5 2025 3:02AM

Listen to one episode of the master teacher’s course on the meaning of the second book of the Torah.

April 18 2025 12:01AM

Elon Musk is no role model.

Lyman Stone
April 3 2025 12:01AM

Egyptian and Greek pottery could be remnants of a biblical battle.

Rossella Tercatin
April 2 2025 12:01AM

A concept as old as the Bible.

Joseph Esptein
April 1 2025 12:01AM

A Platonic look at the Torah’s human hero.

March 25 2025 12:01AM

David and Sarah remain popular.

JNS
March 25 2025 12:01AM

Israel’s day of light and joy.

March 24 2025 12:01AM

An ever-present God takes a backseat role.

Reuven Kimelman
March 12 2025 12:01AM

Why one sacred item is out of order.

Devora Steinmetz
March 7 2025 12:01AM

Something better than interfaith dialogue.

Feb. 27 2025 12:01AM

The most-often mentioned animal in the Bible.

Nathan Steinmeyer
Feb. 20 2025 12:01AM

“Had there been bicycles in ancient Israel, I suspect we would find a bicycle simile somewhere in this book.”

Robert Alter
Feb. 14 2025 12:01AM

Neither Jewish nor Christian traditions call the Decalogue by its biblical name, but the phrases they choose reveal something about their different approaches to divine law.

Feb. 12 2025 12:01AM