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An aerial photograph of Room B in the 101 Building at Tel 'Eton in the southeastern part of Israel's Judean Shephelah. At the bottom left corner, the two segments of a standing stone (massebah). According to a 2026 study, the stone might have been repurposed following the religious reform by biblical King Hezekiah in the 8th century BCE. (Photo by Griffin Aerial Imaging; prepared by Dvir Rotem/Tel 'Eton Archaeological Expedition)
June 16, 2026, 9:32 am
Rare cultic stone from Israelite mansion may testify to King Hezekiah’s biblical reform
A massive 2,750-year-old artifact found at Tel ‘Eton might have been repurposed after a clampdown on worship outside the Temple in Jerusalem
By Rossella Tercatin
US President Donald Trump departs an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
April 22, 2026, 9:03 am
Trump reads from Bible in America 250 event that critics accuse of Christian nationalism
Marathon reading of 66 books recognized by Protestants sees US president read 2 Chronicles passage often used to promote dubious claim that US was meant to be a Christian nation
By Peter Smith
From 'David,' the new animated film that reached Israeli theaters on February 26, 2026 (Courtesy)
April 4, 2026, 3:00 pm
Angel Studio’s new animated ‘David’ will feel familiar to Israelis – and Christians, too
Musical retelling of the shepherd boy turned king of the Israelites now playing in Israeli theaters in Hebrew, with dubbing featuring Sasson Shaulov, Miri Mesika and Shahar Tavoch
By Jessica Steinberg
The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest near-complete book of the Hebrew Bible, dating back to approximately 2,200 years ago. (Giorgio Skory/Qumran Caves Publication Project)
January 3, 2026, 8:17 am
The oldest complete biblical scroll ever found was originally split in 2, scholar finds
Study comes as ‘Great Isaiah,’ a 24-foot-long text parchment found with the Dead Sea Scrolls, set to be displayed by the Israel Museum in full for the first time since 1968
By Rossella Tercatin
Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s Old Testament. (The Wren Library, The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, CC BY-SA)
November 30, 2025, 6:56 am
How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders
Chart from 500 years ago reflected European ignorance of Holy Land, with later iterations improving; division into territories of 12 Israelite tribes set stage for international boundaries
By Nathan MacDonald
From right, Monsignor Rino Fisichella, Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Italian government undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano look at the 15th century Borso D'Este Bible, after its unveiling at the Italian Senate as part of the Vatican's Holy Year celebrations in Rome, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
November 29, 2025, 9:46 pm
‘Mona Lisa of manuscripts’: Rare 15th-century bible on display in Rome
The Borso D’Este Bible, famed for its intricate gold and lapis-lazuli illuminations, is accessible to the public in Italian Senate for first time in decades
By AP
Rembrandt's Moses with the Ten Commandments,1659, Germaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin (photo credit: Google Art Poject / Wikipedia Commons)
June 6, 2025, 8:10 am
Who wrote the Bible? A pioneering new algorithm may shatter scholarly certitude
Breakthrough method analyzes word distribution to clarify origins of biblical passages — including disputed stories in Genesis, Samuel and Esther
By Rossella Tercatin
Archaeologists excavating at Megiddo in northern Israel in 2022. (Courtesy: The Megiddo Expedition)
March 30, 2025, 9:10 am
Archaeologists find first evidence of epic biblical battle at ‘Armageddon’
Pottery excavated at Megiddo in northern Israel suggests a military presence, possibly confirms the battle between King Josiah and Pharaoh Necho, and hints at Gog and Magog narrative
By Rossella Tercatin
An ancient tablet with an inscription of the Ten Commandments, to be auctioned in December 2024 by Sotheby's. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2024, 9:03 pm
Oldest inscribed Ten Commandments to be auctioned in December
Two-foot tall, 115 pound marble tablet is inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew, with Samaritan variant of Ten Commandments, including an injunction to worship on Mount Gerizim
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump wraps up a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 5, 2024, 1:30 am
Why Trump is being compared to the obscure biblical king Jehu on the Christian right
Some pastors are urging their followers to think of the Republican candidate as a present-day manifestation of the monarch who violently killed the evil Jezebel
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Screenshot of Eliyahu Rips speaking to a Czechoslovakian news channel on January 19, 2019. (Ivysilani, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 31, 2024, 11:29 am
Eliyahu Rips, mathematician who claimed to find hidden code in Bible, dies at 75
Born in Latvia to Holocaust survivors in 1948, Rips moved to Israel in 1972; his research led to Michael Drosnin’s debunked bestseller ‘The Bible Code’
By ToI Staff
Adam Hajaj speaks during a rally for hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 12, 2024, 3:54 pm
October 7 trauma reconnects Israelis with a 2,000-year-old Jewish day of mourning
Thousands of synagogues prepare to feature lamentations about the Hamas atrocities, on Tisha B’Av, a fast day that commemorates historical – and now contemporary – tragedies
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative photo of Jesus raising clay birds to life. From the Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, a 14th century German translation of apocrypha, including the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. (public domain)
June 25, 2024, 5:51 am
1,600-year-old papyrus fragment contains earliest account of Jesus’ childhood
Scrap from extra-biblical Infancy Gospel of Thomas discovered in German archive contains story of young Jesus bringing clay birds to life on the Sabbath
By Gavriel Fiske
The Shem Tov Bible is due to be auctioned at Sotheby's in September 2024. (Courtesy of Sotheby's)
June 10, 2024, 10:10 am
Sotheby’s to auction Shem Tov Bible scribed by the medieval scholar
The 1312 manuscript will be displayed at the auction house this month and again in September before it is sold
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Avi Azulay as Moses holds the Ten Commandments in the Netflix series 'Testament: The Story of Moses.' (Courtesy Netflix)
April 10, 2024, 1:58 am
‘Testament: The Story of Moses’ is a top Netflix show — and it features multiple rabbis
Released around Easter and Passover, the docudrama turns to Jewish, Christian and Muslim clergy, making it a great addition to the streamer’s small faith and spirituality category
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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