The Edomites were portrayed as aggressors in biblical texts. but there's more to their story, according to a new study. With help from the nearby Egyptians, the Edomites developed technological ...

This week, we read from Parshat Chukat, in which Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body. Our Torah reading also ...

Research led by Ben Gurion University archaeologist Dr. Eli Cohen-Sasson offers new insights on the ancient route through the Judean desert. What was the route of the ancient road connecting the ...

The prophet Obadiah delivered prophecies that became the shortest book of the Old Testament — only 21 verses! Nothing is known about the personal life of Obadiah except that he was very angry at some ...

New archeological research from modern-day Jordan indicates the existence of the biblical nation of Edom at least as early as the 10th Century B.C., the era of kings David and Solomon, and adds to the ...

AMMAN — Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was documented by some European travellers in late 19th and early 20th ...

In the absence of much historical information in the book itself, one compelling theory is that the prophet Ovadiah was a contemporary of Yirmiyahu/Jeremiah, and responded to the political events ...