COMMENTARY: Far from arbitrary punishments, the plagues of Egypt are presented in Exodus as divine signs meant to call ...

The major Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. The holiday, which is celebrated over seven days ...

Pharaoh’s downfall in the Red Sea (Exodus 14). Wood engraving, published in 1886. We are all familiar with the telling of the story. At the seder, after the youngest child recites the ma ...

What could the rabbis have meant by this dictum? Exodus recounts God directing Moses, aided by Aaron, to oppose Pharoah and liberate the Israelites from bondage? Very male, no? But this week, wherever ...

“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” — Sue Monk Kidd, author During a Passover seder, Jews tell the story of Exodus to remind us of ...

Shiphrah and Puah, two midwives in Egypt, were commanded by the tyrant Pharoah to kill all male Israelite babies. As Exodus’ first chapter describes, however, the women sensed that above the monarch ...

Our account of Joseph broke off with his ascension to power in Egypt. Following his interpretation of Pharoah’s dreams about years of plenty and years of famine, Joseph was put in charge of making ...

What we can learn from the Hebrew midwives of Exodus who defied a tyrant to protect the vulnerable. Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,200-year-old military barrack at Tell Al-Abqain, where they unearthed a bronze sword inscribed with the name of Pharaoh Ramses II, as reported by Fox News.

Misha Shulman has been working on his play Pharaoh, about the villain from Exodus, for over a decade. When he speaks with people about it he gets a curious response. “Most people, I tell them, ‘Well ...