Were the Hittites of the Bible the same as those of the Hittite Empire? While this is a common assumption, what do the facts ...

Meanwhile, neighboring cultures like Egypt and the Hittites valued dogs highly, both practically and ritually. Biblical disdain likely targeted wild street dogs known for scavenging, rather than ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

Scientists have revealed how Moses really parted the Red Sea 3,500 years ago, and it might not have required any divine ...

The word “presence” should really be in the title of any book about biblical theology ... the ceremony in Gen 15:5-18 comes from ancient Hittite and Assyrian treaty texts (Jer 34:18-20 ...

“The Aleutans and Barabra,” writes the last-mentioned authority, “agree in being worshippers of the sun like other Hittites, in the manufacture of red waterproof leather, and in their manner ...

The Hittites, who ruled over Anatolia from around ... flanked by a wild boar and other animals. In the Hebrew Bible, the Philistines are the Israelites’ chief nemesis. For archaeologists who ...