An archaeologist claims the Bible’s King David could’ve ruled over a large kingdom, complete with roads connecting fortified cities around Jerusalem. Yosef Garfinkel, a professor at the Institute of ...

“The Tel Dan Stele is one of the most significant discoveries made in biblical archaeology. Until its discovery, some academics questioned the validity of King David as a historical figure. For the ...

President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday hosted the 26th Bible Study Group of the 929 initiative, on the theme of “David – King and Father.” 929: Tanakh B’yachad (Hebrew: Bible Together, 929) is a project ...

It is fascinating to consider that King David was raised as a shepherd, was the great-grandson of Ruth, and became the greatest king of the Old Testament and an ancestor to the greatest king of the ...

In the Hebrew Bible, King David is famous for slaying the Philistine giant Goliath and expanding Israel into a large kingdom centered in Jerusalem. However, archaeological evidence for King David is ...

Archaeologists in southern Israel have discovered an ancient biblical city from the time of King David. The site was discovered near the modern city of Kiryat Gat by researchers from the Hebrew ...

So King David of Israel lives on in the popular imagination as the embodiment of the triumphant underdog. But the story of David and Goliath, Jonathan Kirsch suggests in his new biography, "King David ...

The substantial historicity of the united monarchy of Judah — the reigns of King Saul around 1037–1010 B.C., King David around 1010–970 B.C. and King Solomon around 970–931 B.C. — was widely accepted ...

Remembered for defending the bodies of her sacrificed sons, Rizpah is one of the most tragic figures in the Bible. Rizpah, King Saul's concubine, 1866. Rizpah stopping the birds and beasts devouring ...

Nothing in the Bible is quite like the life story of King David, as told in the Book of Samuel, for its potent blend of politics and passion. It’s the stuff of both Shakespearean tragedy and tabloid ...

In his "Reading the Book: Making the Bible a Timeless Text," Rabbi Burton Visotzky writes, "To the extent that the Bible reveals the words of God to a community, it is essential that students get ...