“The word in the Hebrew Bible most often translated as “covenant” is berit, appearing about 280 times. A covenant in God’s mind is more than just a partnership with each partner doing their own ...

Jerusalem's Old City is home to major holy sites for all three Abrahamic religions, which had been shuttered since the start of the war sparked by the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28 — AHMAD ...

For the first time in 41 days, Muslim worshippers returned to Al-Aqsa Mosque — AHMAD GHARABLI Just before 5 am at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a Muslim worshipper prayed in tears. A few hours ...

There are hundreds of millions of people today who have two or three self-identities. This was also true 3,500 years ago; although to a much lesser extent than today. For example, Prophet Abraham is ...

Why is it that the cradle of three big-name religions — Christianity, Judaism and Islam — has been the most strife-filled area of the world for such a long, long time? The Middle East has had very ...

The Abrahamic Programs 2020 Dead Sea Convergence Conference. Photo courtesy of @UConn. Professor of art history Kathryn Moore organized a virtual conference on Webex about the sacred art and spaces of ...