Michael Huffman

Gaps and clues in the Genesis creation stories have invited speculation that Adam had a wife named Lilith before Eve was created. Who was she?

Athaliah is the only queen in biblical Israel’s history who ruled by herself. But readers may find her story intriguing for other reasons as well.

Marriage exclusively between two individuals is often associated the Western world with Judeo-Christian norms. But the Bible never explicitly forbids polygamy.

Despite the fame of David’s sling and stone, the Hebrew Bible says that David killed Goliath twice—once by sling and again by sword. Why?

As the mother of Jesus, Mary is one of the New Testament’s most important figures. But what happened to her after Jesus’s lifetime?

Christians have assessed the morality of violence in various ways. One view—perhaps Christianity’s oldest—is that violence is prohibited for Christians.

Of the Jewish holidays prescribed in the Bible, most originated during the days of Moses. But Purim celebrates Jewish survival during the Exile.

Mary the mother of Jesus allegedly claimed to have conceived Jesus without the help of a man. Was her claim predicted in the Hebrew scriptures?