The hoax of “Jesus’ wife.”

One in France, the other in Kansas.

Loyal as Moses?

In the international gothic style.

Via Cairo, Aleppo, and Oxford.

A Palestinian thief or an “inside job.”

The Abravanel Bible.

Including “the commandments of Judas Iscariot” and a bad translation into Hebrew.

The birth of Jewish studies.

More than caftans and camels and dancing violinists.

An exquisite 14th-century illuminated manuscript, one of few artifacts to have survived the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, is in danger. In. . .

The Italian scholar who last month identified the world's oldest complete Torah scroll tells its story. (Interview by T. M. Law; audio, 30 mins.)