In the Hebrew Bible, the story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel is more than a cautionary tale. It is a piercing examination of how power, when unchecked by conscience, can rot the moral foundation of a ...

In the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Kings, a story is told about a ruthless king of Israel who abused his authority and was punished for it by God. King Ahab’s realm was in Samaria, what is now known by ...

King Ahab: Prisoner of the text Ahab’s political power informs our understanding of ancient Israel – and provides a relevant post-Shoah Jewish theology that takes into account the centrality of the ...

The professor continues this week with his series of articles on Great Villains of the Bible. Previously we have discussed Judas and Caiaphas. This week: evil King Ahab and his provocative wife, ...

“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” (1 Kings 20:11) According to the account in 1 Kings, chapter 20, Ben-Hadad, King of Aram Damascus, fought against the ...

A leading outdoor activity in Israel is Biblical archaeology—digging up traces of heroes and villains who died thousands of years ago but who seem to enthusiasts almost as real as Israel’s Premier ...

The Canaanites who lived in Hatzor during the biblical era were pretty smug. And for good reason: Not only was Hatzor a metropolis comparable in size to the biggest cities in powerful Babylonia and ...