What’s So Special About The Cheesemakers?
If you have ever been to Israel, you have most likely visited the most famous Jewish religious site in Jerusalem: the Western Wall. You are probably aware that this wall is but…
The Holy Land Studies Blog
This is a wonderful blog. It is accurate with respect to the Jewish Studies and sympathetic both to self-identified Jews and Christians. I highly recommend it.
– Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Professor of Talmudic Culture, University of California at Berkeley
The Cistern Where King Saul Lost His Mind
The latter half of the First Book of Samuel is mainly devoted to the story of King Saul’s rise and fall and his obsessive attempt to kill his apprentice David. In chapter…
The Spot From Which The Lord Wept
In this post, I would like to take a closer look at one of the smallest and yet most beautiful churches that is connected with the events of Passion Week: the final…
Why Bother Reading The Bible In Hebrew?
We here at the Israel Institute for Biblical Studies are strong advocates of the idea that to truly understand the Hebrew Bible, you need to read it in the original Hebrew. This…
Gideon’s Doglike Lappers
Welcome back to the Holy Land Studies blog after a long hiatus! In today’s post we will take a closer look at the famous story of Gideon and the 300 Lappers. This…
