Bible

'The Prince of Persia': History, faith, and a warning the West ignored - opinion

Evangelical Bible believers see the uprising in Iran as a battle between principalities and powers similar to a battle that happened in Persia during Daniel’s day in the Bible.

Farah Pahlavi, former Empress of Iran, pictured with the author.
US President Donald Trump as Pharaoh, in an Iranian caricature

Pharaoh, Nimrod, Trump: Tasnim’s headline writers went ancient this week

Chief rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Rabbi Arye Stern

Rabbis after Google: Jewish leadership must be reimagined - opinion

A mosaic of King David (illustartive)

Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership


Sassoon Codex, world’s oldest Hebrew Bible to date, to join ANU permanent collection

The museum will be hosting a series of events to celebrate the manuscript's new home.

 The Sassoon Codex will be on permanent display at the ANU.

Parashat Shemini: Food of truth

Our portion lists four animals that lack one of the two signs of purity. The midrash associates these four animals with the four exiles the Jewish people have experienced over the generations.

 Cattle cool off near Hispin.

Passover 2025: From the pride of Egypt to the humility of Israel - opinion

In the formative process of the exodus, the Jewish people leave a land that represents the height of pride, and they journey to a land of humility.

 Riders on camels are seen passing pyramids in Egypt.

This week in Jewish history: Atomic bombs and Masada under siege

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 A cloud is seen over Hiroshima made by the firestorm formed following the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on the Japanese city in what is the first use of nuclear weapons in war, on August 6, 1945.

Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law - opinion

To understand how the Roman authorities would have treated a dissident like Jesus, Andrade turned to a historical account of a trial that occurred 30 years after Jesus.

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

Nigerian pastor draws ire: Claims Jesus hates poor people

"Jesus never visited any poor person in his house. He hates poverty; that's the meaning. He hates poor people."

 The National Christian Center in Abuja, Nigeria. Image: Suburbanium.

Josh Hammer: A renewed Jewish-Christian alliance for Western civilization - opinion

We cannot resuscitate Western civilization without an alliance with our fellow biblical religion that has done more than anything else to build Western civilization for 2,000 years.

 The dome of a Christian church and the dome of the rock in the setting sun

Lost Paradise? Engineer believes Biblical Garden of Eden lies below an Iconic site

He claims the Pyramid of Giza is where the Tree of Life once stood, whose fruits offered eternal life.

 Where was the Garden of Eden? Illustration.

Parashat Vayikra: Sacrifices, essence, and meaning

Someone who sins is meant to bring something of himself – his heart and emotions – and to experience a sense of closeness to God and love for Him through the offering.

Over-indulging in worldly desires can take one down a negative road.

Why Judaism warns against unanimous decisions in government - opinion

A decision made unanimously by a large group and which determines a person’s future is guided by external considerations rather than by the merits of the matter at hand.

 A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.