“The Catholics have done it; the Protestants have done it; AND NOW THE JEWS ARE GOING TO DO IT!” So began a 1956 solicitation letter for, of all things, a new Jewish translation of the Bible. Fifty ...

(RNS) — Hebrew Bible scholar Marc Zvi Brettler learned years ago that it never hurts to ask. Talking to an acquaintance at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University last year, Brettler, a professor of ...

The 1,100-year-old book could become the most expensive book ever sold. (JTA) — The oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible as we know it today is about to go on sale — and it could well become the ...

The oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history,” has become the most valuable manuscript ever to be sold at an auction. The ...

There are many contradictions within the Torah (the 5 Books of Moses), the Hebrew Bible and the Talmudic literature. In the continuation, I will give only one example of contradiction – of what in my ...

Based on the Greco-Roman model of celebrating a military triumph, Hanukkah was instituted in 164 B.C. to celebrate the ...

The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon is expected to fetch $30 to $50 million at auction. But for the next two weeks, anyone can view this ancient, important book. (New York Jewish Week) — After stops in ...

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Following comments made by Pope Francis during a teaching before a general audience at the Vatican, Israel's top Jewish leaders issued a letter expressing concern over potentially anti-Jewish comments ...

The Exodus story was a model of providential liberation and deliverance for Americans rebelling against Britain’s pharaonic ...