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A rare silver goblet found in Ain Samiya, near Ramallah in the West Bank, dating to about 2300 BCE. (Staff Archaeological Officer in the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria - Ardon Bar Hama/The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
November 13, 2025, 2:27 pm
Study: 4,300-year-old cup with oldest depiction of Creation features a ‘celestial ark’
Found in 1970 in the West Bank and on display at the Israel Museum, the Ain Samiya silver goblet shows before-and-after scene of a conveyance used by the sun and the moon to travel
By Rossella Tercatin
'Jacob Encountering Rachel with her Father's Herds,' Joseph von Führich, 1836. (Wikipedia)
August 9, 2025, 7:45 am
When did lovers start kissing in ancient Israel? A new study looks to the Bible for clues
Research based on textual analysis traces the rise of ancient Israelites’ snogging to post-exilic times, likely influenced by Babylonian culture
By Rossella Tercatin
Sodom and Gomorrah afire by Jacob de Wet II, 1680 (Creative commons)
September 25, 2021, 6:26 am
Meteor destroyed ancient city, likely inspired Bible tale of Sodom, study finds
Fire, brimstone and rain of salt that left barren earth: Scientists describe ‘civilization-ending catastrophe’ that wiped out Tall el-Hammam near Dead Sea some 3,600 years ago
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A display of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. (Flickr/ David Berkowitz)
December 31, 2018, 4:29 am
Can creationism and science coexist? This scholar helps evangelicals to think so
Lester L. Grabbe’s new book, ‘Faith and Fossils,’ says evolution doesn’t contradict the Genesis story — but unlike similar arguments, comes from a theologian, not a scientist
By Rich Tenorio
Director Natalie Portman attends a photocall for 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 17, 2015. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, via JTA)
April 20, 2018, 2:28 am
Natalie Portman refuses to visit Israel to accept prize, citing ‘recent events’
Genesis Prize cancels ‘Jewish Nobel’ award ceremony after agent for Jerusalem-born actress says she ‘does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel’
By JTA and ToI Staff
A fragile fragment of an enigmatic Dead Sea Scroll is on public display at the Israel Museum for the first time since its discovery 70 years ago, in Jerusalem, March. 20, 2018. (AP/Oded Balilty)
March 20, 2018, 9:32 pm
Enigmatic Dead Sea Scroll fragment makes rare show in Jerusalem
Israel Museum exhibits sole copy of ancient Jewish text elaborating on stories from the first book of Bible, dating back to first century BCE
By Ilan Ben Zion
Yoseif Bloch
November 24, 2017, 10:47 pm
Yoseif Bloch
How many children of Israel were trans?
The LGBTQ community has been part of the Torah’s society since the very beginning
Jonathan Sacks
November 3, 2017, 3:10 pm
Jonathan Sacks
How Judaism broke down the family
The biblical Binding of Isaac is a painful episode in the drama of human separation and individuation
Illustrative: Burial of individual analyzed in the Canaanite study, from about 1600 BC. (Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal/Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
July 28, 2017, 4:30 am
The Canaanites weren’t annihilated, they just ‘moved’ to Lebanon
A UK-based study of ancient genomes finds Canaanites form over 90% of modern Lebanese ancestry, a trait they share with ancient Israelites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The fall of Adam and Eve as depicted in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (Wikipedia / Public Domain)
April 15, 2017, 2:49 am
On journey to Eden, Bruce Feiler discovers the Creation of Man is really an egalitarian tale
Investigating how the biblical story was ‘weaponized’ to subjugate women, bestselling author travels to Iraq, the Vatican… and through history
By Rich Tenorio
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
December 2, 2016, 2:32 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
The abuse of Halacha
Genesis’ story of the human condition establishes ethics and religious values as both safeguard and cornerstone of law
The Ark Encounter is seen July 5, 2016 in Williamstown, Kentucky. The Ark Encounter is a theme park centered around a 510 foot long reproduction of Noah's Ark. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images/AFP
July 7, 2016, 9:20 am
Baby dinos and all, Noah’s ark readies for opening in Kentucky
Christian theme park aimed at teaching biblical story riles opponents who say the 510-foot-long attraction will be detrimental to science education
By DYLAN LOVAN
Ken Ham, the CEO of Answers in Genesis, announcing the opening date of the Ark Encounter in Kentucky on November 13, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
November 13, 2015, 11:33 pm
Coming soon to Kentucky: Noah’s Ark theme park
CEO of the company building the ‘Ark Encounter’ says it will be ‘one of the biggest Christian attractions in the world’
By ToI Staff
Peter Gabriel performing at the 2011 Skoll Awards. (photo credit: CC BY-Araujojoan96, Wikipedia)
November 10, 2014, 8:13 pm
Peter Gabriel pro-Gaza, not anti-Israel
Genesis front man says he is not anti-Semitic, but is against oppression and occupation
By ToI Staff
Artist's rendition of the Big Bang (Photo credit: NASA)
March 19, 2014, 3:11 am
New Big Bang evidence supports Biblical creation, says Orthodox physicist
Counters nonreligious professor: The Genesis account of the formation of the heavens and the earth has nothing to do with science
By David Shamah
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