Claims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s imagination. Its retraction ...

The first step in God’s mercy in the case of Sodom was Abraham’s intercession. The prayer of one man was enough for God to be ...

Right now, in the wake of the news that has left so many of us shattered, we are asking ourselves the same question. What can Judaism — and more precisely, the Bible and its commentaries — say ...

The Bible verse — Ezekiel 16:49 — that actually explains Sodom’s downfall is clear: “She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy ...

The Bible offers an instructive lesson on this. Before judging the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham bargains with God so that the cities would be spared if even 10 righteous people could be ...

This alleged destruction of Tall el-Hammam around 1650 BCE, with reports of melted pottery and mudbricks, pointed to the Bible, the team concluded in Scientific Reports, noting “what could be ...