When I went to graduate school, we were taught that Mark is the oldest Gospel while Matthew and Luke copied Mark, and that Mark came from a theoretical source named Q (after German word “quelle” ...

The spiritual leader of Israel’s Black Hebrews movement, Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75, died suddenly on Saturday, plunging the community into grief and disbelief. “It was a shock because he was so well ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. The earliest ...

In 1993, as a visiting research student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, I read for the first time a passage in the rabbinical text Midrash Tanchuma, a text that has influenced me profoundly.

When I first taught through Hebrews, I understood doctrine and discipline but not disappointment and disillusionment.

Jesus’ mercy is in his complete understanding of our hurt, not only in his ability to solve it. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has ...