The maps are a unique window into how people thought of, dreamed of, and envisioned the Holy Land 500 years ago - Click the link for more details.

Greek Orthodox priest looks at a rare Christian mosaic, in ancient Greek, which is seen in the ruins of an excavated early Christian church from about the 3rd-4th centuries AD. Getty ...

The Hebrew Bible states that during the rule of Israel's King Pekah (who reigned around 735 B.C.), the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III (who reigned from 745 to 727 B.C.) launched a military ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be published in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary.

How, then, did ancient Israel (and later Judaism and Christianity as well) ... The debate about the origins of the Bible has taken an interesting turn, and Schniedewind’s book represents an accessible ...

The Many Gods of Israel. Posted: May 5, 2011. DAVID LEVIN: You're listening to a NOVA podcast. I'm David Levin. BILL DEVER: The Bible is not history, it is his story. . That is, God's story, told ...

Mosaics depicting prominent Bible scenes were uncovered during annual excavations of an ancient synagogue in Israel's Lower Galilee. Such images are extremely rare for the time period, according ...