In the scriptural portion that was read this past week in Jewish congregations the patriarch Jacob, on his deathbed, speaks ...

All through Israel raged a debate of a kind new in its young history. Eight years ago this tiny state, the size of New Jersey, had elbowed itself into being in a hostile part of the world and had done ...

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The narrative of Bilaam and Balak is quite unusual in many respects. It includes a non-Israelite prophet who speaks God’s word, a talking donkey and a foolish king who deeply desires to curse Israel ...

Most academic scholars consider cuneiform as the world’s first writing system, originating in Mesopotamia, to inscribe ancient languages like Sumerian on clay tablets beginning around 3400 BCE. But ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Instead of long beards and robes, they wear tracksuits and T-shirts. Their tablets are electronic, not hewn of stone, and they hold smartphones, not staffs. They might not look the ...

Prophet Eric Boahen Uche’s end-of-year prophecy has resurfaced in public discourses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Hear the word "prophet" and the names Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jesus or Mohammed may come to mind. While these are figures from the distant past, Rabbi Shmuel Fortman Hapartzi is training a new ...

“I have seen biblical prophecy fulfilled” in Israel, Mike Huckabee declared. “And no one can deny that.” The prominent Republican and former governor of Arkansas spoke on Wednesday at the Herzliya ...

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