In a JAOS 110 (1990) article, we described the development of the early Israelite and Judean calendars, relating calendrical adaptation and innovation to the literary history of the Pentateuch. In the ...

Within the sources of black theology no narrative is more important than the Exodus. Its importance within the slave religion and the civil rights movement has made it foundational for understanding ...

Berel Lang of Wesleyan University writes to ask if I would “consider tracing the genealogy of the Hebrew Sabbath greeting ‘Shabbat Shalom’ — specifically, when it entered popular discourse.” And he ...

Berel Lang of Wesleyan University writes to ask if I would “consider tracing the genealogy of the Hebrew Sabbath greeting ‘Shabbat Shalom’ — specifically, when it entered popular discourse.” And he ...

For Amy Guenther, the shift to Torah observance was swift and unexpected. About a decade ago, one of her friends started creating Facebook posts suggesting that Christians should be keeping the laws ...

Before every Sabbath or Shabbat, some Jewish people begin preparing for synagogue and rest from work by lighting candles and baking challah. Some Jewish people live by religious laws that mean they ...

To view Christianity only through the lens of the New Testament robs believers of a full understanding of their faith, says Pastor Jim Harmon. For that reason, Harmon and two other pastors at the ...

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