The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...

The Washington Pentateuch, an ancient Hebrew Bible, was revealed for the first time in a thousand years to the public in “A Fence around the Torah” special exhibit at the Museum of the Bible earlier ...

This past year, I finally threw away a glossy Yale admissions booklet that had been collecting dust on my bookshelf for four years. I didn’t even realize, until recently, why I had placed it there in ...

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The "Primary History" is the scholarly term for the biblical narrative spanning Genesis through Kings, created largely through the combination of pre-existing texts and traditions. This narrative has ...

It is in Genesis 27 that Isaac is preparing to pass the torch of Jewish leadership to his son, Esau — who, as the Torah makes clear, is entirely unfit for the role. His twin brother, Jacob, despite ...

ABSTRACT: The Islamic concept of Al-Jahiliyyah (“Days of Ignorance”) refers to the perceived paganism of pre-Islamic Arabia before the revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. During this period of ...

An unusual collection of books relating to the history and literature of the Jews has been placed on exhibition in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University, in honor of the 91st Anniversary of ...

A Yale University expert on Oriental research reported today that another Dead Sea Scroll, dating to the First Century C.E. had successfully been unrolled in the Palestine Archeological Museum in old ...