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November 30 In History 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by Innocent III came a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with reference to the Eucharist (Lord's Supper). The adoption...

In the 28th Feb 16 edition of Israel s good news, the highlights include: An Israeli system could save millions of intensive care patients. An Israeli smartphone app can determine your spectacle prescription. The Egyptian government has upgraded its...

University of Kentucky Professor Brent Seales and his team have further unlocked writings in the ancient En-Gedi scroll — the first severely damaged, ink-based scroll to be unrolled and identified noninvasively. Through virtual unwrapping, they have...

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away – Matthew 24:35 (KJV). This scroll fragment preserves parts of the Book of Leviticus. Credit: copyright The Schøyen Collection, Oslo and London, MS 4611 Archaeologists and researchers...

Excavations in a cave on the cliffs west of Qumran, near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, prove that Dead Sea scrolls from the Second Temple period were hidden in the cave, and were looted by Bedouins in the middle of the last century. With the...