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Judea & Samaria / Archaeology

Scholars Expound on Mount Ebal Curse Tablet with Oldest Hebrew Text

By Etgar Lefkovits - JNS

The peer review of the small 3,200-year-old curse tablet discovered at Mount Ebal in Samaria more than two years ago is expected to reignite the debate in the archaeological community over the find.

Am Segula

Honoring The Memory & Legacy of Yehoshua Bin-Nun

By Rav Yehuda Hakohen

Yehoshua was one of Israel's greatest leaders because he represented the ideal expression of the Yosef force - one consciously rooted in, guided by and completely subordinate to the Hebrew mission.

Featured / Judea & Samaria / Archaeology

Ancient Hebrew Amulet Discovered at Joshua's Altar in Samaria

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Joshua's altar is the only currently known remnant from the period of the Israelite conquest of Canaan.

Israel / Jewish / History / News Briefs / Religion

Ben Gurion U. Scientists Offer Intriguing Theory on Joshua's 'Sun Stand Still' Miracle

By JNi.Media

The mention of both the sun and the moon led the three researchers to the conclusion that the text refers to a solar eclipse, during which the moon moves between the sun and the earth, blocking the sunlight.

Ask the Rabbi

Q & A: Joshua Marries Rahab (Redux) (Part III)

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Question: I am a psychology professor at McGill University who is doing an MA in Jewish studies. My thesis topic is the history of interpretation of the story of Rachav Hazona. In the course of my research I was trying to understand how the Midrash derived that Rahab converted.

Israel / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

Archaeologists Find Largest, Oldest Near East Wine Cellar in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Land of Milk and Honey also is the Land of Wine, not only today with wines that have won world prizes but also 3,700 years ago, according to a new discovery by a US-led archaeological team.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Israeli Engineer Shoots 9-Year-Old Son, Self, in NH (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

The father sent an email to a friend saying he was suicidal before the shootings.

Rubin Reports

Biblical Lessons on Foreign Policy and Statism

By Barry Rubin

You can learn from the Bible that people understood four thousand years ago about things that America's current leaders have forgotten today.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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