That phrase isn’t about trembling at divine thunder. As Martin Buber brilliantly puts it, “fear of God” means deep, ...

For the past 14 years, the team behind “The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition” has been laboring on a project to sift through the text and reverse the accumulated imperfections and changes, returning ...

SCRANTON – A Torah scroll more than a century old will be used at Temple Hesed during Yom Kippur later this month. The Torah, found in a closet and recently evaluated by an expert scribe, is believed ...

There is a commandment in Judaism that says each Jewish person must write a Torah scroll, Judaism’s most sacred object containing the Five Books of Moses, in their lifetime, Chabad Center for Jewish ...

The idea that 3300 years ago, at Sinai, God gave Moses a Torah identical to the Torah we have today is a powerful concept, one that still resonates. But is it probable, even plausible? Is it ...

SCRANTON -- The ink is faded, the parchment not glazed, but the words are as meaningful as ever. This Torah from Germany dates back more than 150 years, a hidden treasure, containing the first five ...

A team of academics is aiming to correct centuries-old errors in the Hebrew Bible, but some are questioning the wisdom of their endeavor. LOS ANGELES (JTA ...