The 1-inch pottery fragment — part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents — had reportedly been unearthed ...

An Iron Age temple complex discovered near Jerusalem is shedding new light on an ancient Biblical city. The temple complex, which dates to the late 10th and early ninth centuries B.C., was discovered ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Desclée de Brouwer publishing house, which publishes the Jerusalem Bible, changed the word “man” (“hombre”) to “person” (“persona”) in its new Spanish edition. The Jerusalem Bible is among the ...

A long-buried street that led pilgrims to the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago was commissioned by Roman governor Pontius Pilate.

The Americans, British and Arab states can debate whatever Mideast peace plan they want. But nothing can change this pre-eminent fact: Israel is entitled to the land it has, and has been for over ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have unveiled the earliest known non-biblical, Hebrew-language reference to Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the First Temple in the seventh century B.C. The ...