Of a Number of Things

Mesha was a king of Moab, Israel's neighbor, in the 9th century BCE. He was a contemporary of the kings Omri and Ahab who was husband ...

Stories of a great deluge occur across many cultures . The return of the primeval waters drowns wickedness and leads to a regenesis of life....

Ashurbanipal was the last powerful Assyrian king, ruling from about 668 BC to 627 BC. He is famous for amassing a large library at Ninevah, ...

Truthfully, I'm not sure the actual title of the fabulous movie referenced above--I think it was "Hercules and the Princess of...

The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) is like a garden in the desert, lush and unexpected. It has more in common with Egyptian love poems ...

I was lucky enough to visit the British Museum last year.  My visit was on a Friday night, about an hour before closing, when it had that ...

Some of the reasons reading in the original language is so pleasant (aside from the bragging rights): Connotations : some words don’t ...