A sea bridge between Asia and Africa has been planned since the 1980s, but remarks from an Egyptian official in 2025 hint ...

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

After God reassures Moses that God will be with him, the prophet learns that he will also have his brother Aaron by his side, ...

Moses attempts to break up a fight between two Jews in the Torah reading for Parashat Shemot, and he finds that they resist his influence, saying to him “Do you intend to kill me, like you killed the ...

Joseph and Moses live different lives at different times with different leadership styles. But one thing is exactly the same: a shared passion for a vibrant Jewish future.

COMMENTARY: Far from arbitrary punishments, the plagues of Egypt are presented in Exodus as divine signs meant to call ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts will present the regional premiere of The Prince of Egypt as part of its 2025–2026 ...

It began more than a century ago, deep within the ancient turquoise mines of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. There, faint carvings ...

The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World provides a history of the interpretations of each of the 10 plagues in ...

A controversial new interpretation of markings etched on the walls of an ancient Egyptian mine could prove the Book of Exodus to be true. Researcher Michael Bar-Ron claimed that a 3,800-year-old Proto ...

Kihm predicts that names linked to ancient civilisations will be a trend in 2026. As well as being a way to reflect a ...