The two silver amulet scrolls date to 600 BC and are inscribed with the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26. They were ...

(RNS) — Despite both having a history of persecution, the groups’ alliance has repeatedly been tested.

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

In February of last year, The New York Times ran a piece titled “A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel. She Was Fired.” The piece told the story of Jessie Sander, a young woman who was dismissed from a ...

The Moshiach came to Madison Avenue this summer. All over a not particularly Jewish neighborhood, posters of the bearded, Rembrandtesque Rebbe Schneerson appeared, mucilaged to every light post and ...

Dr. Nelson Glueck, Bible professor at Hebrew Union College and lecturer on Biblical literature at the University of Cincinnati, announced on his return here from Palestine that excavations recently ...

(RNS) — Purchased by the American Friends of the ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, Codex Sassoon is one of the most expensive historical documents ever sold at auction. The purchase of the Codex ...

People read the Hebrew Bible for all sorts of things — spiritual guidance, literary inspiration, moral enlightenment. Assistant professor of Hebrew Bible Madadh Richey looks for monsters. She finds ...

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A 700-year-old Hebrew Bible from medieval Spain is expected to sell for between $5 million and $7 million at auction next month. The Shem Tov Bible is a 768-page illustrated text written on parchment ...