Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities.

A 2,000-year-old code that once looked like random scratches on parchment has finally given up its secret, turning a handful of obscure Dead Sea fragments into a new window on one of antiquity’s most ...

For decades, one script embedded in the Dead Sea Scrolls resisted all efforts to unlock its meaning. Known as Cryptic B, the ...

Moving too fast without concessions from Israel — including an end to their attacks and withdrawal from Lebanese territory — ...

The Catholic American Bible is set to replace the New American Bible Revised Edition in 2027, becoming the common text for ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

Hanukkah has already begun, and it will end just before Christmas. Here's what to know about the Jewish holiday ...

The victims were let down by a government whose role it is to do what individuals cannot: keep our nation safe from terrorism ...

There are well over a dozen holidays each year in the Jewish calendar, yet none are as well known as Hanukkah, the festival ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day festival marking the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here's what to know about the ...

A researcher has solved one of the longstanding riddles of the Dead Sea Scrolls by deciphering a hidden script within the ...

However, the Second Book of the Maccabees (c. 124 BCE), written in Egypt, notes that Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days ...