When the Babylonians conquered ancient Judah in the 6th century BCE, sending many Israelites into exile, it gradually ceased to be spoken. It became primarily a written language used in much of the ...

Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived. The religious language that lay dormant for millennia is now global, used by millions of people around the world—including in ...

Archaeologists say they’ve discovered a tiny lead "curse tablet" that may include the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God "Yahweh".

Each letter invites you on a mystical journey of self-discovery and cosmic exploration, a true testament to the depth of Hebrew as a language of creation.

In Jewish storytelling, Hebrew letters’ sacred power can be manipulated into combinations that animate inanimate matter. Such is the case of one of the earliest humanoid robots or “androids ” in ...

The Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at auction at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million.

Canaanites spoke an ancient Semitic language — related to modern Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic — and resided in the lands abutting the eastern Mediterranean.

Books Why Hebrew is showing up in unexpected places — and why that matters Three new books written in English — by Yael Van Der Wouden, Jessica Jacobs and Toby Lloyd — feature Hebrew in them ...

Experts decipher ancient language sentence from 3,700-year-ago in 'landmark' discovery The engraving on the ancient artefact translates to: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." ...

From mud to man In Jewish storytelling, Hebrew letters’ sacred power can be manipulated into combinations that animate inanimate matter.