Robert Alter completes his monumental translation of the Hebrew Bible The Bay Area scholar concludes decades of work on what a colleague calls the "best translation of the Bible into English ever made." By David A.M. Wilensky November 21, 2018 5:27 pm
Who is King Cyrus, and why is Netanyahu comparing him to Trump? The Israeli leader likens the president to a Persian emperor who let the Jews return to the Land of Israel. March 7, 2018 4:03 pm
UNESCO recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex in registry of world treasures The codex, believed to be the world’s oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible, will join two other Israeli items in the United Nations agency's registry. February 9, 2016 4:14 pm
Scholars seek Hebrew Bible’s original text — but was there one? By Anthony Weiss May 13, 2014 4:39 pm
