Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist's favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory ...

Historical fiction novels are a wonderful blending that allows us to learn about historical events in the embrace of a story.

These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

These Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest known copies of some Old Testament books, and other ancient Jewish texts.

Clockwise Top L-R: Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham. ‘Isaac Blessing Jacob’.Old Testament. Book of Genesis. Jacob in his uncle Laban's house and the father of his two wives Leah and Rachel Getty ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: The story of Sodom is more than ancient history. It speaks to a culture that forgets sin has consequences — and that divine mercy does not cancel out divine justice.

Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus’s tax on beards and Lady Godiva’s ride to repeal taxe… ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are working to restore the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II, an Old Testament pharaoh believed to have interacted with Moses in the Book of Exodus.

Smithsonian 's picks for the best history books of 2024 include The Barn, Eden Undone and The Wide Wide Sea. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary ...

The Old Testament book of I Kings tells the story of Jezebel arranging for the stoning death of a commoner so that Ahab could take possession of his vineyard.

We will make this journey through the three great stages of salvation history: the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the time of the Church. Always keeping our gaze fixed on Jesus, Who is our ...

It is a challenge, for both Christians and for Jews, to read the violent, genocidal passages in the Old Testament and not end up becoming violent and hell-bent on destruction oneself. It is all too ...