Moses and his renegade army of shepherds and lepers.

Traces of an ancient bombardment of a mysterious wall.

Confirming Josephus’ account.

A point of controversy.

A political movement.

And founder of the ritual-murder accusation.

What the arch of Titus tells us, and doesn’t tell us, about one of the oldest Jewish symbols.

Was the Second Temple only for Jews?

Little is known about the sect, but they certainly weren’t all hypocrites.

According to Josephus, the city was built by King Solomon.

The ancient Jewish historian Josephus is best known today for his Jewish Wars, which chronicles the great revolt against Roman rule in Judea (in which. . .

Discussion of the afterlife is largely absent from Jewish religious discussion today, but for a long time the concept of postmortem reward and punishment was. . .

According to Genesis, Abraham hailed from a Mesopotamian city called “Ur Kasdim,” a name usually rendered in English as “Ur of the Chaldeans.” Most commentators. . .

Hanukkah may be one of the best-known Jewish holidays, but its status is anomalous if not marginal. The two books of Maccabees were excluded from. . .