Viewing through Aug. 5 at the GoggleWorks Schmidt Gallery are works on paper by Brooklyn artist Arielle Stein in an exhibit titled “Bewitching the Dybbuks.” About three dozen medium-scale paintings in ...

The text of the Hebrew Bible now being used descends from what is called the Masoretic text, which was assembled between the sixth and 10th centuries by Jewish scribes and scholars in present-day ...

Israel came out swinging at Swedish officials on Friday following the decision by Stockholm police to allow the Bible and Torah to be burned during a protest scheduled for this weekend outside the ...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A Jewish congregation on Long Island has nearly accomplished something very rare -- the in-depth study of the complete Jewish bible, which contains hundreds of ...

"These books came from all over the world only to end up as trash,” said Vladimir Pietal, who enlisted a friend to rescue volumes with "beautifully decorated bindings." (JTA) – An artist from southern ...

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The Bible you are reading is an abridged version. Whether it is the Jewish Bible or the Catholic Bible or the Protestant Bible, and regardless of the language you are reading, the edition is an ...

Translating a Bible has always been risky, and today the language of gender often fires up public opinion. Now entering the lists of controversy is a “gender-sensitive” English translation of ...