Paganism
Even in our increasingly post-religious age, “pagan” remains for most people a derogatory word. Why?
July 15 2015 12:01AM
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. . .
Anne Marie Kitz
Dec. 11 2014 12:01AM
Was human sacrifice practiced at the ruins found in modern-day Jordan? Some archaeologists are convinced of it.
Hershel Shanks
Sept. 29 2014 12:01AM
A valley in Jerusalem is associated with ancient pagan fire rites and hence with sin and the underworld. What did the talmudic rabbis make of it?
May 6 2014 12:01AM
Some biblical scholars interpret the story of Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) as a case of sacred prostitution. Their reading is supported neither by textual. . .
Jan. 27 2014 12:00AM
Why do so many ancient synagogue mosaics in Israel feature pagan symbols? (2012)
Walter Zanger
Dec. 5 2013 12:00AM