Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Lots of readers accepted my challenge to explain Chapter 8 of Isaiah, which utterly flummoxed me. You ...

I believe that now is the time to place in front of Christian readers the traditional Jewish way of understanding the Isaiah, his writings, his language, his times and his visions for the future. This ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest nearly complete book from the Hebrew Bible ever found, is on display in its full ...