In his new book, Hornkohl maintains that the Torah displays the earliest linguistic profile of any of the books of the Hebrew ...

Sandra first gained popularity in the 1930s, becoming a top-20 girl name for baby boomers from 1946 to 1954 and a top-10 name ...

The Bible generally urges that punishment not be inflicted without a trial, but Pinhas faced a brazen violation of the ...

The 7th century C.E. Arab and Arabized conquerors later had the audacity, as is occurring right up to present times, to ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

Israel's theological narratives fuel the Gaza war, while Palestinians fight every day for truth, their rights and survival ...

A Yiddish translation of “Arabian Nights” sounds like the set-up to a Borscht Belt joke. Yet, as a recent finalist for a ...

The Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible, on permanent display for the first time at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv in May 2025.

The Bible remains the most important collection of books in Western civilisation. Regardless of our religious beliefs, it has shaped all of us. But who wrote it? The answer is complicated.

The Bible is filled with commentaries regarding migration and the treatment of foreigners. For example, in Leviticus 19:33-34 the text states: “When a stranger/resident alien (ger) resides with ...