Origins and Defining FeaturesJudaism has historical roots that go back to the second millennium BCE. But the Rabbinic Judaism which forms the core expression of Jewish tradition today would have been ...

Judah may refer to the biblical character Judah, the tribe said to descend from him, the geographical region of Judah, or the kingdom covering that region from ca. 925 to 587/6 ...

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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) are collectively referred to as the Pentateuch. The traditional Jewish name for the set is Torah.NameThe ...

The name 'Hebrew Bible' refers to the books recognised as scripture by Jews. These are the same as those recognised as Old Testament books by Protestant Christians, but in a different order; also, ...

Hebrew is the traditional language of the Israelite and Jewish people.PhasesThe Hebrew language has gone through three phases in its development: (1) Classical Hebrew, from ca. 1000 BCE until the end ...

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The geographyRarely in human history can such an unsuitable site have become such a world-famous city as in the case of Jerusalem. It developed initially on a spur known as Ophel, which was the ...

This page is a stub.The name 'Israel' is given to Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, after Jacob's mysterious encounter with God in Paniel (literally, "face of God"; Gen 32:24-30; ...

Ishmael (“God hears”) is the reputed ancestor of a wilderness-dwelling Arab tribe to the south-east of the land of Israel, the Ishmaelites.In the biblical story, he is the son of Abraham (born whe ...