When a personal artifact of a religious leader is discovered nearly 1,700 years after its use, the object provides invaluable historical insights. Zsuzsanna Gulacsi, professor of Comparative Cultural ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient seal bearing a Hebrew script and recovered in Jerusalem may ...

This week the professor continues his review of the prophets of ancient Israel. Amos and Hosea have told their stories, and this week we turn to someone a little more colorful. His name literally ...

The Assyrian castle and a tent leading to the underground tunnels in the Eğil district of Diyarbakır province, southeastern Turkey, Jan. 18, 2021. (AA) In the southeastern Turkish province of ...

In his first of three annual public lectures at Boston University, professor Elie Wiesel focused on how the prophecies of Ezekiel relate to today’s generations and the values society encompasses.

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For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of Israel in 1948, all its Jewish caretakers began ...