As Passover draws near, there’s a dramatic scholarly breakthrough linking archeology to the Biblical Exodus. The text speaks of a tremendous storm that involved both upper and lower Egypt. It states ...

Tracing the biblical Exodus route through the desert, one woman found a story of endurance and the unseen labor that makes survival possible Silence heightens before light departs from the desert at ...

The right approach is to look for signs of Egyptian culture in the Torah, Bar Ilan Prof. Joshua Berman says. Over the past few weeks, millions of Jews gathering in synagogues all over the world have ...

Pharaoh’s downfall in the Red Sea (Exodus 14). Wood engraving, published in 1886. We are all familiar with the telling of the story. At the seder, after the youngest child recites the ma ...

For anyone interested in the Bible, Richard Elliott Friedman’s new book is a game changer. Friedman makes a credible and convincing case for the historical truth of a story that has been widely ...

The veracity of the Bible’s Exodus story, the crux of the Passover seder and long an article of faith in the Jewish community — and a symbol of liberation for many communities — has become a subject ...

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