Judea
Was King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
By Aaron Gale — December 12, 2023
(The Conversation) — Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.
What about those Israeli settlements?
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 20, 2019
(RNS) — Evangelicals are cheering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement that the U.S. no longer considers Israeli development of the West Bank illegal, but some Jewish values take precedence over land.
Israeli archaeologists discover signs of religion in 9,000-year-old city near Jerusalem
By Bob Smietana — July 19, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Israel Antiquities Authority said 2,000 to 3,000 people lived in the ancient city, 'one of the largest of its kind in the region.' This is the first time a prehistoric settlement from this time period has been discovered in central Israel.
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery — still riveting after 70 years
By Lauren Markoe — October 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'Biblical Manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC, are for sale,' read a small ad in The Wall Street Journal, seven years after the discovery of the scrolls.
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