The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
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The Bible is full of stories about migrants. That doesn’t mean it has a simple takeaway message about them.
A scholar of the ancient Near East explains how loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Bible and royal decrees.
Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
The field of ‘monster studies’ looks at how texts reflect ideas about what’s evil, weird or scary.
The Jewish festival of Shavuot dates back to biblical times, but its significance has changed over the centuries.
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand’s ordination by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion opened the doors to hundreds of women becoming rabbis.
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which in 2022 begins on the evening of Dec. 18, focuses on the story of the male Maccabees. But women are also heroes in histories from that era, including Judith and Hannah.
The Lag BaOmer pilgrimage, in which 45 people died recently, takes place each year to what is believed to be the gravesite of the second-century Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after enslavement.
The researchers used machine learning to study the 2,000-year-old document.
What’s fascinating about the latest Dead Sea Scrolls discovery is how it reflects the stories of those who wrote the ancient texts, those who kept them safe and the archaeologists who found them.
In choosing a Hebrew Bible belonging to a civil rights leader, Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, Sen. Jon Ossoff appeared to be sending out a message on the strong historic ties between Black people and Jews.
The differences in the Gospels are hard to reconcile. That’s because, says a scholar, they offer an important insight into the Greco-Roman views of ethnic identity.
Many of us go through life in the hope of finding the ideal soulmate – our missing half. The reason may be deeply embedded in religious beliefs.
The real scrolls are considered priceless. Here’s why.
In early Christian texts, God gives birth to Israel and is described as a woman in labor and a mother comforting her children.
The meaning of hell might have changed over the centuries, but for devout Christians it remains a core part of their faith.
The discovery of the signature of Christianity’s favourite prophet has caused a stir, but what does it mean?
Hanukkah was instituted in 164 B.C. to celebrate military victory, but the meaning has changed over time with the circumstances of the Jewish people.
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Research Fellow in Digital Theology, Director of CODEC Research Centre, Durham University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College
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Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Skidmore College
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Lecturer in Biblical Studies, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of the New Testament, Vanguard University
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Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
