The story presents Josiah as inaugurating a kind of renaissance—the rebirth of Israel’s ancient ideas and religion, even restoring the Passover as a national holiday. Like Joash, this boy king ...

In fact, Judaism has not only preserved Israel—it has also ... we attribute to it today. While ancient worship was based on concrete rituals and gestures, religion gradually structured itself ...

Going to Israel amid an ongoing geo-political disturbance ... the Caesarea National Park on the Mediterranean coast where the ancient Caesarea Harbour was founded in the late Ist Century BC ...

Archaeologists in the Golan Heights think they have uncovered the ancient temple where Jesus performed his miracle of healing ...

The Judean Desert is about 800 meters above the Dead Sea and is a rock desert characterized by numerous wadis cutting through the stone, according to Tourist Israel. The ancient find provided new ...

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...

Beyond its significance in the social sciences, this event had profound consequences: it laid the foundations for the formation of a nation, gave rise to a world religion, enabled the conquest and ...

Mark Hamilton is currently writing a PhD dissertation at Harvard University called 'The Body Royal: Kingship and Masculinity in Ancient Israel.' His article "The Past as Destiny" will appear in ...

Passover 2025 is officially here! Here's what you need to know about how to celebrate Pesach start and end dates to what food ...

A toddler unearthed an ancient treasure during a family outing in southern Israel earlier this month, officials said. While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of ...