By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from their homeland in Judaea across the Mediterranean and there were major Jewish communities in Syria, Egypt, and Greece. Practicing a ...

In the first century of our era there were many sects and schools in Jewish society. We hear about the Essenes, of course, the Jews of Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls, who separated themselves from ...

These truths demonstrate that the Jewish people have a long-standing ... More Culture Club/Getty Images In the 1st century B.C.E., the Kingdom of Judea was conquered by the Roman Empire.

An analysis revealed that some of the coins were brought to the site by Legio X Fretensis, a military unit that took part in fighting Jewish rebels during the first Jewish revolt. However ...

they saw images of biblical heroines Deborah and Jael, the first time these women have been seen in ancient Jewish art. For over ten years, BYU has joined a consortium of universities excavating ...

Now, its first floor houses an introductory exhibit that outlines the history of Jewish life in the Capital region, from the 18th century to the present. The synagogue’s second level, which is ...