How an illustrious family and interactions with Christians shaped the work of Samuel ben Meir.

The ethical purpose of making a despised figure into a great prophet.

Two religions, divided by a common scripture.

Why not see the fearfully diffident Saul by way of Harpo Marx?

What a new biographical novel misses.

Filmmakers shared with rabbis an urge to embellish.

The harsh one.

Thanks in part to a 16th-century earthquake.

After Adam.

Satan at the seder.

An argument against original sin.

Where cruelty was encouraged and compassion punished.

The strengths and weaknesses of a recent study.

Isaac unbound.