As a school child, I hated dikduk – biblical grammar. I remember the head-scratcher Ms. Korach taught us about personal ...

Rav Ḥana bar Bizna says that Rabbi Shimon Ḥasida says: One who prays needs to see himself as if the Divine Presence is ...

In the last 14 months, she has formed dozens of mugs on her pottery wheel, each one decorated with the Hebrew letter Aleph for Alon, and a handle that forms a heart when placed next to another one ...

The University of Haifa recently announced that 160 ancient coins depicting Alexander Jannaeus were found during an ...

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel's Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...

As the name suggests, the Hebrew Bible is written, mostly, in Hebrew. But what is the earliest history of this language? What language did the ancient Israelites speak? This episode examines the ...

An ancient marble tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew version of the biblical Ten Commandment. (photo credit: SOTHEBY’S) A stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments that was carved ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is ...

However, the ancient wording, dating back to between 230 ... “Such inscriptions in amulets were usually written in Greek or Hebrew,” he noted. And while little is known about the man who ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

Over the past ten years or so, investigations of degraded or ‘ancient’ DNA have skyrocketed. By extracting DNA fragments from diverse sources —from human teeth and faeces to soil samples and ...