Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...

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 ...

(The Conversation) — The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures and teachings – to the Israelites at Mount ...

The completion of the first edition of the Scriptures in Hebrew Braille was announced here by the Jewish Eraille Institute of America. The 20 volumes took five years to complete. The first edition of ...

To understand the Eucharist, we must remember that Jesus and his first disciples were all Jews. We might even say the first Christians were Jewish heretics because, unlike their fellow Jews, they ...

The Jewish Publication Society of America has published an offprint of Solomon Zeitlin’s historical study of the canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures. JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time ...

The Bible is the world’s most influential book. But books, like people, can be influential because of what they say, or because of what they are thought to have said. With a book as huge as the Bible, ...

In studying historical interpretations of Torah, we find it is no small matter to seek out a way of living in obedience to the Commandments of God.

Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures ...