In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

Originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the Bible is the most sold book in history, it first translation into another ...

(RNS) — Hebrew Bible scholar Marc Zvi Brettler learned years ago that it never hurts to ask. Talking to an acquaintance at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University last year, Brettler, a professor of ...

Hebrew scripture is a "message in a bottle," says Yoram Hazony, and in The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, he tries to decipher that message. Hazony's new book makes the case for a different reading ...

(RNS) — The hiring of Rena Opert may be a symbolic gesture for a museum that says it is committed to presenting an inclusive view of the Bible. (RNS) — Even before the Museum of the Bible opened ...

Translating a Bible has always been risky, and today the language of gender often fires up public opinion. Now entering the lists of controversy is a “gender-sensitive” English translation of ...

Travel to the Spanish region of Catalonia today and it’s easy to uncover evidence of the Jewish communities that thrived during the Middle Ages. There’s Girona’s labyrinth Jewish Quarter, Spain’s only ...

During Holy Week this year, Catholic congregations will hear, and in some cases enact, the passion narratives from the Gospels of Matthew and John. Matthew 27:25 uniquely depicts a Jewish mob crying, ...

(JTA) — A conference of Jewish educators became first responders of sorts when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis had an emergency: The Jewish Democrat was about to be sworn in for a second term and he ...