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But with the Bible, the stakes go up. When we say that something is “in the Bible,” what do we mean? Is it the exact ...
French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.
Introduction: Dr. Zakir Naik’s critique of Christianity often relies on rhetorical flair rather than reasoned analysis. Beneath the surface of confident assertions lies a pattern of philosophical ...
Heterosexism and cissexism are pervasive, and each of us, irrespective of our own identity and expression, stands at risk of ...
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The world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, recently unveiled at the Anu–Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, carries a direct connection to India through its namesake ...
While Renaissance Books carries thousands of well-known used books, there's no shortage of rarities within the store.
The Torah (comprising the Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) forms the core of the Hebrew Bible and includes the Ten Commandments.
While the Supreme Court, with its 6 to 3 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor, may not have literally condoned book burning, but the ...
A group of Israeli and international scholars has employed computer-assisted word-frequency analysis to pioneer a new method that may show who wrote the Bible and redacted it some 2,800 years ago ...
Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?
The Adelsons’ 2007-founded Adelson Foundation, aimed at “strengthening the State of Israel and the Jewish people,” has donated $500 million to Birthright Israel, $25 million to Yad Vashem (2011), and ...