King david of israel
From Saul's failure to David's reckoning, 'Human Kingship' examines the dangers of power - review
Rabbi David Silber's Human Kingship rereads the Book of Samuel to ask what restrains a ruler when no tribunal can remove him, and whether justice can survive unchecked power.
Israel's cycle of crisis and renewal: The five stages of Jewish history - opinion
Persian-era mass grave of children found during excavations in Israel’s Tel Azekah - study
All women production retells David’s journey from shame to servant king
Graffiti of knight from Middle Ages discovered in King David's Tomb
IAA researchers discovered an inscription bearing the name and family emblem of a Swiss noble who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1466.
New animated feature film on King David in production
American immigrants reinvent David's 'Slingshot' as whiskey in Ella Valley
Legends Distillery has created Israel's first bourbon at the site where David fought Goliath.
Grapevine: Running roughshod
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra headlines 'Hallelujah Festival' dedicated to Book of Psalms
A concert series dedicated to Tehillim, the Book of Psalms, is taking place this month in Jerusalem.
What did King David’s Israel look like? The answer is not set in stone
Archeological investigation of King David's kingdom has been suffering from an inherent bias of the western world.
Timna mines supplied Egypt with copper in biblical times, study suggests
A new study on some 3,000 years old artifacts proves that Egypt imported copper from the iconic Timna mines.
Behind Israel's ancient trifunctional society
A trifunctional society is defined as “one whose structure comprises three functional groups: clergy, nobility, and workers."
Biblical ‘royal purple’ found at Timna offers look at King David wardrobe
The color, a bright shade of purple, was extracted from mollusks fished in the Mediterranean Sea through a very expensive process.
Just A Thought: The Capitol and holiness
Over the years, I have found that the best commentary to what happens in any given week is to be found in the 3,300-year-old text of the Torah portion.
