It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?

It was among the first seven scrolls found and has been central to discussions about the Dead Sea Scrolls ever since ... The local chapters comprise at least ten men who meet for meals and ...

The mosaic is “the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls,” declared Carlos Campo, CEO of the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., where the theologically significant relic has been ...