Pew Research reveals a paradox: while interest in Christianity may be rising, only 22% of Americans read the Bible weekly and 61% rarely or never read it, often stumped by its unfamiliar genealogies ...

TEL AVIV - A leading archaeology journal has effectively barred submissions by Israelis on Judea and Samaria unless they "have cooperated with the relevant Palestinian authorities," in what analysts ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than previously thought, according to artificial intelligence. Scientists say the state-of-the-art technology acts like a "time machine that allows us to study ...

Never let it be said that archaeologists studying Old Testament history lack a sense of humor. Denise Dick Herr, an English professor at Canadian University College in Alberta, and Mary Petrina Boyd, ...

WHEN SENNACHERIB, King of Assyria, sent his army to the kingdom of Judah in 701BC, and had it destroy the city of Lachish, 43km south-west of Jerusalem, he was doing his bit for science as well. As ...

Mother Mary (Houda Echouafni) and Jesus Christ (Greg Barnett) in the upcoming History series "Jesus: His Life" Courtesy History / A+E Networks With Easter Sunday a month away, it’s not surprising that ...

Today it is commonly affirmed that the classical doctrine of the inspiration and authority of the Bible is no longer tenable. The genesis of this affirmation is to be sought in the rise of modern ...

Historical science came into its maturity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This does not mean that all the problems of a scientific historiography were settled, but at least the historians ...

Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical Christian culture. In the clamor for the high-ground of evangelical legitimacy, something happened ...

(RNS) — The debate over how to teach American history is dividing the country. One side is accused of pretending that America never did anything wrong, while the other side is accused of claiming that ...