This is Dutch artist Jacob van Loo’s depiction of Judean Gov. Zerubbabel showing King Cyrus the Great of Babylon his plan to rebuild Jerusalem. Van Loo lived from 1614-70. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

(RNS) Feeling increasingly alienated and even persecuted, some Christians are adopting a favorite image from Scripture -- that of the Babylonian captivity. (RNS) From the moment they set foot on North ...

For in the midst of all the injustices that confront us every time we check news headlines, remembering is as crucial as forgiving. Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York ...

What is the meaning of the 2,500-year old Hebrew psalm for oppressed groups? Gebhard Fugel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader ...

Recently unveiled ancient clay tablets have provided scholars a rare glimpse into Jewish life during the Babylonian exile. Discovered by archaeologists two years ago, the tablets went on display to ...

(The Conversation) At sundown on July 31, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av, the most somber of Jewish holidays. It commemorates the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem, first by ...

The Trump era was not a new Babylon, and the Biden era will be no new Jerusalem. (And vice versa.) Nearly 600 years before the birth of Christ, the city of Jerusalem was besieged, conquered, and razed ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm — Psalm 137 — best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece ...