Nehemiah

How the Jewish Calendar Became the Israeli Calendar

What a news item about a pre-holiday chicken shortage reveals.

Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Elana Stein Hain
Sept. 28 2022 12:01AM

The Ingathering of Exiles Is Central to the Mission of the Jewish State

A strong and prosperous Israel is not an end in itself.

Gershon Hacohen
Sept. 2 2021 12:01AM

Reconstructing the Second Temple’s Samaritan Rival

The sacred precinct on Mount Gerizim.

Leen Ritmeyer
Feb. 10 2021 12:01AM

Archaeologists Brew Biblical Beer with Ancient Yeast

“By the way, the beer isn’t bad.”

Robin Ngo
May 30 2019 12:01AM

What Ancient Tablets Reveal about Jews in Babylonian Exile

Telltale names and positions at court.

Laurie Pearce
July 26 2018 12:01AM

The Ancient Jewish Statesman Who Rebuilt Jerusalem, Wrote Israel’s First Constitution, and Authored the First Political Memoir

Nehemiah son of Hachaliah.

David Wolpe
Nov. 28 2016 12:01AM

Reading the Book of Nehemiah in Light of Persian Imperial Propaganda

Striking similarities.

Lucas Schulte
Nov. 10 2016 12:01AM

Ezra’s Torah

Does Ezra’s recitation of the Law to the returned exiles offer a better understanding of religious commitment, and of the authorship of the Torah, than. . .

Sam Fleischacker
Nov. 5 2013 12:00AM

Seeds of Doubt

For two millennia, Jews have agreed on the identity of the four species of Sukkot plants; prior to  the rabbis, though, consensus is conspicuously absent.

Philologos
Sept. 24 2013 12:00AM