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Idolatry

Does an ancient Aramean bull deity, depicted on an 8th-century B.C.E. stele, explain how Judaism came to adopt a lunar calendar?

Ilan Ben Zion
Nov. 19 2013 12:00AM

Biblical fundamentalism diverts people from the real message of Torah while setting up the “received” text as an object of faith.

Norman Solomon
Oct. 25 2013 12:00AM

A creature eternally cursed for tempting Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge came to symbolize redemption for the Israelites in the wilderness. How?

Carina del Valle Schorske
Aug. 8 2013 12:00AM