the babylonian talmud

By: Andrew McGowan

Theological scholar Andrew McGowan examines how December 25 came to be associated with the birthday of Jesus and became Christmas, a holiday celebrated by Christians around the world.

By: Lawrence Mykytiuk

Did Jesus of Nazareth, “the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5), really exist? What’s the evidence outside of the Bible? Classical and Jewish writings from the first several centuries C.E. give us a glimpse of the person who would become the central figure in Christianity mere decades after his crucifixion.

By: Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine

The title of this blogpost is also the title of the book we  coauthored. The Bible With and Without Jesus (HarperOne 2020) asks how the […]

By: Janet Howe Gaines

In most manifestations of her myth, Lilith represents chaos, seduction and ungodliness. Yet, in her every guise, Lilith has cast a spell on humankind. Who is Lilith in the Bible?

By: Dorothy Willette

Few symbols have a tradition as long and as rich as the dove. Read about what it represents and how its use has been shared, adapted and reinterpreted across cultures and millennia to suit changing belief systems.

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

In part four of his study on schisms in Jewish history, Lawrence H. Schiffman examines the Jewish-Christian schism.

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

In part three of his study on schisms in Jewish history, Lawrence H. Schiffman examines sectarianism in the Second Temple Period.

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

In part two of his study on schisms in Jewish history, Lawrence H. Schiffman examines the Samaritan schism.

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

In part one of his study on schisms in Jewish history, Lawrence H. Schiffman examines the early history of Jewish unity and disunity.

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

This post was originally published on Professor Schiffman’s website as the first part of an ongoing series on the study of the scrolls. Bible History […]