Last year John F. Hobbins and I published Genesis 1-11: A New Old Translation for Readers, Scholars, and Translators. Readers of the Volokh Conspiracy may remember the seven-part series I did on the ...

David Mamet commendably takes the Liberal West to task for hypocritically turning its back on the Jewish state of Israel ("Israel, Isaac and the Return of Human Sacrifice," op-ed, Dec. 13). And, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Dead Sea Discoveries is an international journal dedicated to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and associated literature. The ...

In the beginning, the earth was a formless void, and darkness covered the face of the deep, according to Genesis. Out of chaos, God created the universe and brought order. But fairly soon things ...