Archaeologists and mathematicians in Israel have unearthed evidence that could suggest key biblical texts were composed earlier than previously thought. Using algorithmic handwriting analysis, the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. Using ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli archaeologists said on Monday they had discerned biblical writing on a charred 1,500-year-old parchment with the help of digital imaging and described the text as the ...

Recent advancements in non-invasive imaging and processing software has allowed biblical scholars to “unwrap” and read the almost 2,000-year-old Ein-Gedi scroll, which was discovered in the 1970s.

Let there be UV light. A “hidden chapter” of biblical text that is said to date back 1,750 years has been interpreted by an Austrian scientist, according to a study published last month in the journal ...

Pro-spanking Christians don’t actually read the Bible as literally as they think. If they did, they wouldn’t be defending their views on Twitter. They’d be complaining to the warden. The national ...

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Letters inscribed on pottery, known as ostracons, which were unearthed in an excavation of a fort in Arad, Israel, and dated to about 600 B.C. shortly before Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem, ...