One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

A few years after smartphones became widespread, Pastor Todd Wagner gave a sermon at Watermark Community Church entitled, “What if we treated our Bible like we treated our cell phone?” where he ...

In the Hebrew Bible, the term Sheol is the shadowy abode of the dead. It is often depicted as “down below,” silent, and without active praise of God. Judaism's earliest concepts of the afterlife were ...

A guest lecture by Jesse Mirotznik. Ancient Jewish portrayals of how non-Israelite worship other gods and their icons is consistently depicted as sincere. At some point around the end of the 3rd ...

The Founding Fathers -- such as John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington -- knew their Hebrew Bible backwards and forwards, and several were familiar with ...

Join the Program in Judaic Studies for this year's Kwartler Family Lecture with Julia Rhyder on Tuesday, October 21. Abstract Commemorating war is such an integral part of the modern nation-state, and ...

Special guest Dr. Gary Anderson from the University of Notre Dame will lead the lecture titled, “The Forgiveness of King David,” during the annual Hope College Danforth Lecture scheduled for Monday, ...

Last week, I spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. on a panel about the Bible and American renewal. Specifically, my speech focused on the Hebrew Bible and the origins and ...

NEW ORLEANS – The 2025 Morrison Lecture, “We’re Not Done Yet: Post-Katrina Urban Planning Lessons,” will take place on Aug. 16 at the Williams Research Center. Registration is now open for the free ...

(The Conversation) — While the biblical figure of Samson is often characterized as driven by poor judgment, a Hebrew Bible scholar argues why he could instead be interpreted as a figure of emotional ...

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A controversial new interpretation of markings etched on the walls of an ancient Egyptian mine could prove the Book of Exodus to be true. Researcher Michael Bar-Ron claimed that a 3,800-year-old Proto ...