While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The era is evident from the bronze coins featuring markings from the Ptolemies and of Antiochus IV, the king of the Seleucid Empire. In a joint statement, excavation directors Matan Toledano ...

TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological breakthrough, Iranian researchers have discovered what is believed to be the long-lost ...

The violence Jesus of Nazareth experienced on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, and our own governor Josh Shapiro experienced ...

The New Testament presents the Pharisees as a group that vehemently opposed the ministry of Jesus. Yet, a select few among ...

Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC. To consolidate his power, he institutes a program of religious assimilation which forbids Jews from practicing the Law.

In 164 B.C., a group of Jewish dissidents, the Maccabees, overthrew the Seleucid Empire that then ruled Judea. The Maccabees established an independent kingdom and, in so doing, tossed out the ...

The Seleucid Empire, founded by one of Alexander’s generals, took control of the region in the late fourth century and ruled until its collapse 250 years later, continuing to imprint Greek ...

How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was ...

If you are not familiar with the Catholic faith, praying for the dead might seem a little odd, and those who know we do pray for the dead might wonder why. Okay, let’s go back to the book of 2 ...