Hebrew scripture is a "message in a bottle," says Yoram Hazony, and in The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, he tries to decipher that message. Hazony's new book makes the case for a different reading ...

This biblical book of sayings and advice is full of wisdom. The Book of Proverbs is one of the most quoted books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). Comprising the second book in the Ketuvim (or Writings) ...

A rare 14th-century ornate Hebrew Bible written during the golden age of Spain will be put on public display after being sold for $6.9m (£5.3m). The Bible, written by Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Gaon in 1312AD ...

Two of the most important words in the Hebrew Scriptures are mishpat and tzedakah. Mishpat means giving people what they are due. It is often translated "justice." In the presence of injustice, ...

Messianic Judaism, (a branch of which is “Jews for Jesus”) is a religious group that has tried to straddle the line between Judaism and Christianity. According to this group, Jesus, or Yeshuain ...

After two years of pondering how to unlock the basic meaning of Hebrew Scripture, this is how far I’ve come. Part 1: my assumptions. Let’s begin with a few sentences in lay-philosophical terms about ...

Some argue that inherent human rights are implicated in a perverse individualism correlative of liberal social orders, and thus have no place in an understanding of justice as right order. The recent ...