Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

Madadh Richey is an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Brandeis. This article originally appeared on The Conversation. What is a “monster”? For most Americans, this word sparks images of haunted ...

NEW YORK — A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound ...