The verb va-yach (“he struck”) is also significant. It shares its root with makot, the plagues. Moses strikes first; God ...

In my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible, I contended that there is a verified natural explanation for water coming out of the rocks in the Sinai ...

I just finished teaching a six-week course that was an introduction to the Talmud. Having spent years in its study, it was a chance for me to see it with new eyes. A teacher must be in touch with the ...

Saved from a watery death by Pharaoh’s daughter and raised among Egyptian royalty, Moses would not have seemed to be a candidate for freeing the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery. God’s designs are not, ...

“(Rahab) said to them, ‘I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. We have ...