War ensued — when in line with God’s will — the Israelites needed to escape slavery, overcome threats, conquer, protect, and maintain control of the Promised Land. Furthermore, throughout the Hebrew ...

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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 ...

On Sunday, Israel's President Isaac Herzog hosted a Hebrew Bible study class with the 929 Project, focusing on the book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet). Rabbi Benny Lau and Dr. Chaim Shapiro, both leaders ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in ...

The plainspoken title of “How Old Is the Hebrew Bible?” by Ronald Hendel and Jan Joosten (Yale University Press) poses a simple question, but the answer is a work of scholarship that offers an elegant ...

The Epistle to the Hebrews is a classical New Testament treatment of the precise manner in which the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New. It presents us with a consideration of the perfection of ...

For word nerds, the Book of Esther contains a special treat — the longest word in the Tanakh. Technically, v’ha’achshadrapanim and its eleven letters makes it the length champion of the entire Hebrew ...