Thanks for joining our Part 2, “What you should know about King Solomon.” (Much, it turns out.) So, we will extend this wisdom into Part 3 next week. If you happened to miss last week’s Part 1, please ...

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. Go forth, O ye daughters of ...

One of the customs of the week of Passover is the reading in the synagogue — done at different times in different traditions — of the biblical poem of “The Song of Songs.” “The Song of Songs,” or “The ...

A 3,000-year-old defensive wall possibly built by King Solomon has been unearthed in Jerusalem, according to the Israeli archaeologist who led the excavation. The discovery appears to validate a Bible ...

Richard Holden is president-elect of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Here’s a story from the Bible. As far as I know, it’s the first reported instance of the branch of economics known ...

Let’s move to a passage of dialogue from the dying King David to young Solomon as David appointed him king: “‘You shall be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord ...