New Translation of Bible Goes Back to Hebrew Roots
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It is considered the most  magisterial opening in English literature: "In the beginning  God created the heaven and the earth."
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The Sudan Mirror has added an Arabic edition to help reconcile the Christian south and the Muslim north.
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A rare Old Testament manuscript some 1,300 years old is finally on display for the first time, after making its way from a secret room in a Cairo synagogue to the hands of an American collector.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece.
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The nationâs largest Jewish movement is preparing to adopt a new prayer book intended to offer something for everyone, including people who do not believe in God.
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Two researchers are following the footsteps of the religious patriarch in the hope that people will rediscover their common roots.
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Israeli archaeologists on Sunday said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound
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Israeli scientists have inscribed the entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible onto a space less than half the size of a grain of sugar.
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Archaeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said Thursday &#151; underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.
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Building a housing complex or a road in the Holy Land can often have grave implications.
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DIMONA, Israel  - Four decades after they heard what they call an angel's order to leave the United States and move to Israel, a vegan community popularly known as "the Black Hebrews" is about to get its own piece of the Holy Land.
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A 177-year-old first edition of the Book of Mormon found in a home near Palmyra &#151; the birthplace of the Mormon religion &#151; will be put up for bid next week at an upstate New York estate auction.
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The notes in captured godfather Bernardo Provenzano's Bible  could be the key to Cosa Nostra's secrets. Now the FBI is on the case
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A new history textbook for Arab-Israeli students give a negative view of Israel's creation for the first time.
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The Pope has revised a section of the old Latin liturgy that castigated the Jews. But it still calls for their conversion. Jewish leaders are up in arms
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James Toney has learned at least one thing from reading the Bible. He doesn't hide his light under a basket.
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Scientists announced yesterday that they have discovered ancient writing, carved in stone, that dramatically pushes back the dawn of writing in the Americas.