The simple reading of the story (recorded twice in Torah, in Exodus, and then again in Deuteronomy, in this week's portion) goes like this: After the Jews created a Golden Calf, Moses smashed the ...

The 1956 blockbuster “The Ten Commandments” depicted what was likely the first text download from a cloud — and now its prop tablets are expected to fetch as much as $80,000 in an auction in Los ...

Manila: When typhoon Rammasun struck Marikina City on Wednesday, residents received help from an electronic gadget, a tablet with a name synonymous with deliverance — Moses. “Moses tablets given to ...

God’s message to humanity has taken on constantly morphing forms over time, from stone tablets to papyrus scrolls to gilt-edged books. For the Christian community, the story of the “Day of Pentecost” ...

Yahrzeit of Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar of Jerusalem, Torah scholar and mystic, known as Ohr HaChaim, the title of his biblical commentary. He was born in Morocco and earned his livelihood as a silversmith.

When the Supreme Court began its new term this month, the justices went to work in a building overflowing with Moses. The biblical prophet sits at the center of the structure's east pediment; he ...

Numbers 21:6-9 (RSV) Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. [7] And the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party leader Ed Miliband dismissed criticism of his decision to commission a "Moses-style" stone tablet etched with his promises before an election on Thursday, saying it ...