Tag: Bible
When Christians blow the shofar, it’s a wake-up call for Jews
They were blowing the shofar, but it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah.
On Jan. 5, 2021, the sound of the ram’s horn echoed in the streets of Washington, D.C., as participants in the Jericho March circled the...
David Friedman and Mike Pompeo travel through original Bible Belt for new documentary
You can get your kicks on Route 66, or you can travel through history on Route 60. It’s a road trip through the Bible, both old and new.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman...
America’s biblical roots
The following is an abridged version of the Distinguished Rennert Lecture, delivered on April 19 by Ambassador David Friedman upon receipt of the Guardian of Zion Award from Bar-Ilan University’s Ingeborg Rennert Center for...
Archeologists find evidence of Jerusalem earthquake described in Bible
Archeologists have uncovered in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem the first evidence of the capital being hit with an earthquake that was mentioned in the Bible, reported i24News.
According to the first verse of...
Rare ‘book of Judges’-era inscription found in southern Israel
A rare, 3,100-year-old inscription was discovered during excavations in southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.
The partial inscription, written in ink on a small pottery jug, was recovered in the Shahariya forest...
The Jewish woman to whom the stones spoke
Everything in Israel is about politics. But nothing is more intensely political than archeology. That’s because the moment you stick a shovel in the earth of a place like Jerusalem and start digging, you...
A guide to Israel’s fabulous feathered friends
If yours truly were asked to name all the birds she knows, she’d probably make it to about eight different types.
So you can imagine my surprise when I learned that there are no fewer...
Editor, author and attorney turned archaeology expert Hershel Shanks dies at 90
Editor, author and attorney Hershel Shanks, passed away at his home in Washington on Feb. 5 at the age of 90.
Born in 1930 in Western Pennsylvania, halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland, he graduated from...
3,000-year-old fragments of cloth dyed with Royal Purple found in Israel
In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David.
The remnants of woven fabric,...
Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers discern new clues to piece together Dead Sea Scrolls
Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers have uncovered new clues about the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, providing a new glimpse into Jewish life during the final days of the Second Temple period.
Researchers from...