Hebrew Bible

The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC

The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon is expected to fetch $30 to $50 million at auction. But for the next two weeks, anyone can view this ancient, important book.

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing Bible courses in public schools. A Jewish third-grader testified that it’s a ‘bad idea.’

The measure would allow social studies electives on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament and New Testament.

A page out of the Kennicott Bible, pictured at a press conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Oct. 14, 2019. (Xunta de Galicia)

Copy of Hebrew Bible created in Spain by Jews returns there after centuries

The whereabouts of the Kennicott Bible had been a mystery for about 300 years until it turned up in Oxford in 1771.

Global

Ben, Hannah, Lea, Noah: Germany’s non-Jewish parents are loving Hebrew Bible names

Culture

Robert Alter completes his monumental translation of the Hebrew Bible

Culture

Who is King Cyrus, and why is Netanyahu comparing him to Trump?

Israel

UNESCO recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex in registry of world treasures

Global

Australian government minister sworn in with Hebrew Bible

Global

Israeli wins British portrait photography top award

United States

Scholars seek Hebrew Bible’s original text — but was there one?

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