Hebrew Baby Names, American Baby Names Abbie Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David's third wife, described as 'good in ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets (Isaiah ... The purpose of the Tower of Babel was to allow its builders to "make a name" for themselves. God, in a pique of anger ...

a Hebrew inscription of the 8th century B.C.E. It gives the name of the deceased, and it says "blessed may he be by Yahweh"—that's good biblical Hebrew—but it says "by Yahweh and his Asherah." ...

During the next few months, we shall be looking at many of the cultural and scientific contributions of Jewish Americans.