Browse the Bible a while, and you may encounter the Assyrians. A proud, nation-crushing people, who devoured Israel in 722 BC like an after-dinner mint. So who were the Assyrians? Where did they hail from? What were their cultural distinctives? And how did their civilization come to ruin?

This hugely-significant stone was unearthed at Caesarea Maritima, Israel, in 1961. Discovered in excavations at the Roman theatre, it identified Pontius Pilate as the prefect of Judea during the reign of Tiberius over Rome. The Pilate Inscription is part of the...

Divine encouragement set against a backdrop of Hebrew despair, Exod 6:1-13 is a statement of God’s mercy. Countering the pervading disillusionment of Moses and the enslaved Israelites, God provided reassurance centred on his identity as Yahweh. He noted his nature as...

The whole temple operation was centred on relationship. When Jesus visited Herod’s temple and saw this purpose being neglected, he assembled a whip, and enacted one of the most dramatic episodes of his ministry.