What is the New King James Version of the Bible and how does it differ from others? Here is a brief explanation of several ...

Slavery and the destruction of indigenous populations. Every time I dig into world history, I see it. The Armenian genocide.

the Torah. [For more, see Writers of the Bible.] Cohen: How do we contrast Israelite religion with Judaism? We can do it in a number of different ways. We can begin institutionally: Israelite ...

Meet Yael Kanarek. The artist behind Toratah, a gender-swapped rewrite of the Hebrew Bible, is coming to the Bay Area.

Our sages remind us that even in a time of chaos, our world relies on values and principles. Our learning, prayer, and good ...

Q: The first five books of the Bible, which Jews know as the Torah, are also called The Five Books of Moses. Where did the idea that Moses wrote these books come from? Coogan: In the Hebrew Bible ...

The Torah calls one person an "ish" – a man (as ... He also "watered their sheep." A man, the Bible is telling us, has physical strength and the courage to use it nobly. He also has a caring ...

When you peel back Noah's Ark to the man himself, Noah may have been righteous only relative to the evil era in which he ...

Under the wedding canopy, the bride circles the groom seven times. Why seven — and why even do this at all? And is there ...

Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the Torah" in Hebrew, is one of Judaism's happiest holidays. It's often accompanied ...

Early in the 11th century, a Benedictine Abbot established All Souls' Day as a day to pray for the souls of deceased family ...