In the remarkably rich and highly readable volume, these scholars present a diverse array of traditional opinions regarding Judaism’s interactions with differing belief systems.

Well, they can be traced to a single tale involving the Biblical king Solomon and a stolen soul. Films, books, games still draw from lore that grew around it. This is a story about demons. PREMIUM ...

The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was built on a site God chose for an offering of Prophet Abraham’s youngest son, and built by Prophet Solomon the son of King David, more than four centuries after ...

King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king ...

The Temple built by Solomon would become the spiritual center of Jerusalem. At the same time, the king built a ring of strongholds to protect his kingdom, with fortresses in Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.

To please them, Solomon built shrines and altars to these deities, directly violating God’s commandments. This included worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the detestable ...

To empower eucharistic devotion, look to the golden calves. No, not the golden calves installed by Jeroboam in 1 Kings 12:26-30.And definitely not the golden calf at Sinai — which Aaron created ...

The First Temple was built by King Solomon as a dwelling place for God on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem around 966 B.C. ... a few remained to bewail the fate of God’s people at the Temple site; ...