Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

These two ancient empires shaped Passover The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.

Display the seder plate and hide the afikomen – Passover begins this week. But what is Passover? Why is the Jewish holiday celebrated? What to know.

The discovery of an almost-4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian papyrus has academics pondering if it could support the Bible story of Exodus and be proof Moses once walked the Earth.

Imagine my surprise when, reading the parasha, an ancient Hebrew woman jumped right out of the pages of the Chumash. ‘Who are you?’, I asked. ‘I am a Hebrew from Parashat Shemot’.

The Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at auction at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million.

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.

Matzoh, known by Jews worldwide as “the bread of affliction,” is a cracker-like food made of flour and water eaten to commemorate the Hebrew slaves’ exodus from Egypt. The bland crisp takes ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus," study co-author Avner Ecker, an epigrapher, or researcher of ancient inscriptions, at the Hebrew ...

Parsley, or karpas in Hebrew, represents the slaves' back-breaking labor. It is dipped in salt water, representing the slaves' tears.