Using the Hebrew Scripture would have been as ... The Codex Alexandrinus contains all of the Catholic OT Books plus III and IV Maccabees. These manuscripts show that the Septuagint with its ...

The tenth day in the Hebrew month of Tevet ... I referenced that festival by citing a passage from the book of First Maccabees in which the desolation of Jerusalem under Antiochus IV Epiphanes ...

Closer to an earnest Broadway, or off-Broadway, number than a true folk melody in its allusion to the Books of the Maccabees ... Tzena,” a 1941 Hebrew composition by Issachar Miron.

In the Bible's Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant is linked to several miracles, such as protecting the Israelites from poisonous animals during their Exodus out of Egypt, stopping the flow of the ...

16); Jeroboam’s secession (I Kings 12); the Maccabees (note that the first casualty ... and received his PhD in modern Jewish history from The Hebrew University. He made aliyah with his family ...

The Dalai Lama reminds us, “The very nature (of war) is one of tragedy and suffering.” This is true for both active combatants and civilians. The loss of one life is too many. This is certainly where ...

Tu B’Shevat – known as the “New Year of the Trees” – is a day to celebrate the planet that has been bestowed upon us. It ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

(What? Just me?) There’s no such thing as an excess of good books, but the roster of forthcoming publications is certainly staggering. Fiction lovers have much to look forward to, with incoming ...

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong ...