This is Dutch artist Jacob van Loo’s depiction of Judean Gov. Zerubbabel showing King Cyrus the Great of Babylon his plan to rebuild Jerusalem. Van Loo lived from 1614-70. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

If there is one book that is emphasized more than all else in the Orthodox Jewish world it’s the Babylonian Talmud, affectionately known as the Bavli. And yet, there might be sources to indicate that ...

Yesterday afternoon Professor Lyon lectured on the decipherment of the Babylonian books. He said that had Babylonian writings not been found accompanied by parallel translations in some simpler ...

Intimate kissing only became prevalent in Ancient Israel after the Babylonian exile, or in the 6th century BCE, a recent study based on biblical textual analysis has suggested. Published in the ...

John J. Miller is joined by Eckart Frahm of Yale University to discuss the Babylonian Creation Story. John J. Miller brings The Great Books podcast to a close. John J. Miller is joined by Peter ...

David W. Stowe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Yesterday afternoon, Professor Lyon continued his course of lectures on Babylonian Books, and he devoted the hour to exhibiting and explaining many interesting relics of the inhabitants of Babylonia ...