During the next few months, we shall be looking at many of the cultural and scientific contributions of Jewish Americans.

A gender studies professor in Virginia whose latest work focuses on rape and sexual assault in the Scriptures is leading a ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill continues his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, focusing on Holy ...

Hèléne Jawhara Piñer is a French-Spanish scholar whose focus is medieval history and the history of food. Her meticulously ...

Passover is a holiday in the Jewish faith celebrating the ancient Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt. For decades, the Jews had been slaves of the Egyptian pharaohs until Moses led them out of ...

Bible studies across campus don’t just provide social spaces for students — they are also part of Harvard’s academic fabric.

“The rock, from which the water came, and the manna were symbolic of supernatural sustenance through Christ, the bread of ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both assert that Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin. But while Luke tells the story without ...

The Ten Commandments' adds a lot of elements to the Bible but it still remains respectful to the story of Moses.

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

The Jewish holiday, which begins at sunset on Saturday, April 12 this year, lasts for seven or eight days each year.

Julie Faith Parker is a Hebrew scholar who teaches biblical studies at General Theological Seminary in New York, and Eve Isn’t Evil is written to her strengths: her focus is almost entirely on the ...