In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

Around this time of year my nerdy mind turns to constructing an authentic biblical nativity scene. This amuses my family, to ...

Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past ...

A series of Israeli military statements reporting the killing or capture of members of Hamas’s Izz al Din al Qassam Brigades ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

Eighteen, because in Hebrew numerology the value of chai – “life” – is 18. The point could hardly be more explicit: in the ...

Since 2001, the Biennale for Drawing has been produced by the Jerusalem Artists’ House and its director, Ruth Zadka. This year’s theme, Slough, was curated by Tali Ben-Nun. The Biennale is being held ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago, in 1525. It still influences how we think ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...

The first ever map in the Bible revolutionised map-making despite being printed the wrong way round, a new study reveals.

Rev. Chris McCreight says we should approach our scriptures with the idea that they aren't always only about Jesus.