But the role that now defines him is the one he never formally trained for: an educator shaped by the land of Israel and ...

Israeli officials recently put a unique 14th-century Bible on display just a year after it was bought for a seven-figure sum. The National Library of Israel announced its display of the Shem Tov Bible ...

It’s so often said that it’s become a cliché in modern politics: Israel has been the Jewish homeland for 3,000 years or more. Modern Israel, they say, is heir to the ancient kingdom of David and ...

Some 2,900 years ago, the Upper Galilee region in modern-day northern Israel was in upheaval, caught between the warring kingdoms of Israel and Aram. Yet, the shepherds of Tel Hazor continued to herd ...

In a time of terrible grief and anger, does the study of ancient Israel require a particular political stance on modern Israel? Freedom of speech and inquiry, one of the bright lines dividing ...

JERUSALEM – As Israelis mark the rebirth of their nation 76 years after the country’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared the modern founding of Israel in 1948, opponents of the Jewish ...

A 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade factory was recently uncovered in Israel — offering a rare link to a major group of people central to the Bible. The ancient workshop was discovered in Kiryat Gat, a ...

Two rare archaeological treasures—the earliest known inscription calling Jesus ‘God’ and new Dead Sea Scrolls fragments—are offering fresh insights into early Christianity and biblical history. The ...

More than 250 Indians claiming descent from a biblical tribe landed at Tel Aviv airport on Thursday, as part of a government ...