Continuing with our study of the Israelites, we reach the period known as Second Temple Judaism. This is because the Israelites were permitted to return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon and reconstruct their temple. This is also the...

Continuing with the Indo-European world, it's time to check out the Persian empires, of which there were several. The ones we will examine here are the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, which rose and fell as regions were lost...

Classical Rabbis Family Tree

Made from clay and animated by the sacred word of G-d, the golem of Jewish origin has evolved from a 6th-century meditation of creation, to a source of labor, and finally, an avenging symbol of redemption. The golem many people recognize...

What was the actual name of Jesus? Many people know that Jesus's actual Aramaic name was something like: Yeshua. But that is only partially correct. The answer is a little bit more complicated because the final syllable in the original...

A page of Talmud is being read in Aramaic.

Ancient scrolls in a historical context in the Middle East

MS Rabbi reciting from Torah / New Delhi, Delhi, India

MS Rabbi chanting and reading Psalm 23 / Delhi, India

Scroll unrolled on an old table in a historic context

Western Wall with Dome of the Rock in Distance

Signage for archeological site of Beth Shearim / Sign in Hebrew and English for Catacomb / Entrance / Tour guide showing detail / Sign for tomb of Rabbi Simeon and Rabbi Gamaliel / Man with Kodak M14 Instamatic film camera / Close up of...

AP Television FILE

Mendoza, Argentina - date un
known
1. Close of grapes being picked
from vines
2. Mid of grape picker emptying crate of...

An organizer said he worked with over 50 law enforcement agencies in preparation.