Over 2,700 years ago, the Assyrians exiled the ten tribes of the Kingdom of Israel. The ten tribes would have returned at once to the Holy Land had not the Lord encircled them with the legendary ...

Judah steps forward in the biblical portion of Vayyiggash, Genesis 44:18-47:31, which means “steps forward.” Judah stepped forward near Joseph  to defend his younger brother Benjamin, whom Joseph was ...

When King Solomon died, the Land of Israel split into two kingdoms—the northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah). Two tribes, Benjamin and Judah, made up the southern kingdom, while ...

When faced with tough choices, we reveal our character. One such pivotal moment occurs in this week’s Torah portion. It opens in the middle of an impassioned dialogue between Joseph, still unknown to ...

2 Kings narrates the final decline and collapse of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The capture of Israel ... Israel and take the people out of the land, causing them to intermarry with other ...

The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible undertakes a comprehensive re-evaluation of the Bible's primary narrative in Genesis through Kings as it relates to history. It divides the core textual ...

TO say otherwise is a perverse form of historical revisionism. To wish otherwise is to wish for a counterfactual. Facts have ...

There were 42 kings and one queen who ruled over Israel (19); and Judah (20); and 3 who ruled over the unified kingdom (Saul ... the home [the “safe haven” Land of Israel].

The carvings adorning the capitals, the IAA pointed out, were a known visual symbol of the period of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and appear as one of the motifs on the five shekel coin of ...

After the Maccabean victory, three major “parties” dominated public life in Judah ... Like the Hasmonean kingdom, which lasted seventy-six years, we just celebrated Israel’s seventy-sixth ...

In the face of existential threats, the prime minister has maintained a unified front, despite personal and political challenges.

The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible undertakes a comprehensive re-evaluation of the Bible's primary narrative in Genesis through Kings as it relates to history. It divides the core textual ...