As John Barton, a former Oxford professor and the author of A History of the Bible: The Books and Its Faiths, put it: “The [Old Testament] is a work of early Judaism. It should be remembered ...

So, the archaeological findings help reconstruct the true history? Throughout the first two parts of the book, I show that on the basis of our archaeological finds, the biblical story has to be ...

On the other hand, would a more classically trained “Bible epic technique” performer have made “The Book of Clarence” more persuasive, or just more harrumphy? Who’s to say? I’m all ...

Why was it removed from the Bible and is now apocryphal ... up until the end times and the messianic era. The final book again describes the history of the world and the future, as well as ...

Susan C. Lim models these habits in her book Light of the World: How Knowing the History of the Bible Illuminates Our Faith. Lim, a Biola University history professor, tells the story of how ...

We wish you exciting explorations and discoveries on your journeys in the land of Israel with your Tanach and ancient history books in hand. A recent oleh, Heshie Billet served as a pulpit rabbi ...

His “The Jews Are the World’s Foster Children” (Dec. 26) draws a straight and unerring line from the Abraham of the Bible to Sen. Chuck Schumer (and not a flattering line at either end).