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During the next few months, we shall be looking at many of the cultural and scientific contributions of Jewish Americans.
If someone is walking in faith, fully accountable to a worshiping community, are they likely to get more out of the Bible than someone just reading for themselves? Certainly, and there’s texts to ...
Strauss offered a new, mythographical reading of the Gospels, discounting the historical veracity of the miracles attributed ...
The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...
Protestants, following the tradition of the Pharisaic Jews, accept the shorter Hebrew Canon, even though the Jews also reject the NT Books. The main problem is that the Bible does not define itself.
Bible studies across campus don’t just provide social spaces for students — they are also part of Harvard’s academic fabric.
A Hebrew manuscript, which experts have dated to the eighth century making it the earliest known such object, is on view in ...
The Passover seder offers a lesson to America about the importance of sharing and teaching our national story to the next ...
Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...
As recounted in the biography of Chaplain Bohen written by his son Michael, 750 American soldiers attended the meal ...
The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...
It’s March, and Batya Ungar-Sargon is appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher for the third time. She has flown from her ...