In this painting by English artist William Hole (1846-1917) the Masoretes are depicted working on an authoritative text of the Old Testament in the city of Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of ...

The Hebrew Bible is a "monument of logic born of experience," William F. Albright, noted archeologist and historian, asserted at the opening talk of the Thursday afternoon lecture series last week.

The scrolls newly discovered are written entirely in Greek except for God’s name, which is represented in Hebrew as the tetragrammaton (YHWH). Qumran caves near the Dead Sea. (photo: Tamarah via ...

The Biblical Studies area focuses on the canonical books of the Bible, both within their historical and cultural worlds and in relation to their reception within the Christian and Jewish traditions.

Is God really the same in the Old and New Testaments? Did Jesus show up in the Old Testament? Just what is a typology? Has ...