Napoleon Bonaparte issued a proclamation to the Jews of Palestine promising the “reestablishment of ancient Jerusalem,” coupled with a plea for their support. This was the first promise by a modern ...

One of the greatest experts on the biblical and historical figure of Jesus was a journalist for this newspaper, Juan Arias, a ...

The self-described 'world's coolest dictator' has ancestry from Palestine on his father's side, but compares Hamas to the ...

There are no overt religious references in Superman comics. But over eight decades, he’s been viewed as a divine entity, a ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

( JTA) — When Ari Siegel took the stage on a recent episode of “Shark Tank,” he was dressed as Abraham Lincoln, but with a ...

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a “misreading” that has often come back to haunt Jews come ...

In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...

Mike Huckabee says US president told him first thing he should do as ambassador is to place message in 2,000-year-old holy ...

It is Good Friday—one of two days in the liturgical year when time seems to hold its breath, Holy Saturday being the other.

While their lives and legacies differ significantly, scholars argue that Alexander the Great set the stage for Jesus's ...