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When Was the Hebrew Bible Written?

July 3rd, 2023|Archaeology|

Was the Hebrew Bible written earlier than previously thought? That’s what a 2016 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests. The study was led

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Cache of Bronze Artifacts Discovered in Switzerland

Swissinfo reports that some 80 bronze artifacts have been uncovered in southeastern Switzerland’s Canton Graubünden by a team of researchers from the University of Basel, the Swiss Prospecting Working Group, the Federal Office of Culture, and volunteers. The objects, including jewelry, sickles, axes, needles, pieces of metal, and saw fragments, had been wrapped in leather and placed in a wooden crate before they were buried. Researchers note that the cache was discovered near the Motta Vallac,

July 1st, 2023|Archaeology|

Roseanne Barr: ‘Nobody died in the Holocaust, 6 million Jews should die’

In response to Barr's comments, numerous individuals and organizations have expressed their outrage and called for accountability. Comedian Roseanne Barr’s statement on a podcast that no Jews died in the Holocaust has created a social media storm. During the June 14 episode of This Past Weekend, a podcast hosted by fellow comedian Theo Von, the Jewish Barr delved into the topic of the 2020 election and the concept of “truth” in the United States. “Nobody wants

July 2nd, 2023|Religious|

When Was the Hebrew Bible Written?

Was the Hebrew Bible written earlier than previously thought? That’s what a 2016 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests. The study was led by Tel Aviv University (TAU) doctoral students Shira Faigenbaum-Golovina, Arie Shausa and Barak Sober. The TAU researchers analyzed multi-spectral images of 16 Hebrew inscriptions, which were written in ink on ostraca (broken pottery pieces), using a computer software program they developed. The ostraca, which date to 600 B.C.E., according to the

July 3rd, 2023|Archaeology|

Were there Jewish gladiators in the Roman Empire?

A new scholarly article examines the historical evidence of Jewish participation in the gladiatorial arena. Being a gladiator – an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations involving pagan rituals and confronting other gladiators, condemned criminals, and wild animals – would not seem to be a suitable profession for a nice Jewish boy. In fact, most of those who were in the arena were not muscle-bound Arnold Schwartzeneggers

July 7th, 2023|Diaspora|
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