The writing of the Septuagint was celebrated by many, yet our sages describe this moment as darkness descending on the world.

Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems.

The podcaster, in a shocking descent, recommends to her readers a lurid tract that inspired the Nazis.

The real principles are often found in the stories, and they help us to understand how to read texts that are often ...

COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly shepherds.

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

If you feel like you never have enough hours in the day to do everything you want to do, don't worry. You just have to wait ...

From ancient China and Jewish ritual meals to Ottoman flatbreads and British gambling halls, the sandwich's journey is far ...

Homebound' (Scribner, May), the author’s intricate debut novel, addresses contemporary concerns while indulging in nostalgia ...

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