A stained glass window depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God The Five Books of Moses are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. They tell the Jews about their history ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his ... The Origins of the Hebrew Bible and Its Components ...

One of the earliest records of written Hebrew dates between 1200BC and 587BC and consists of 20 of the books included in the Bible. After this period and up to 70AD, there was a large literary ...

The modern reader should understand the word hosanna to be an exclamation of praise directed especially at the promised ...

But there is no word for history in the Hebrew Bible. In other words ... of Joshua's conquest isn't entirely historic, what is its meaning? Dever: Why was it told? Well, it was told because ...

Hebrew can be described as a member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham. After ...

ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv is expecting some 10,000 visitors to see the Codex Sassoon The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible is on display in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv before ...

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon is thought to have been ...