The Ten Commandments are an anchor for the values of Judeo-Christian Western civilization. Consisting of just 10 relatively short statements, the Ten Commandments present the fundamental components ...

The biblical commandment against bearing false witness grows ever more unfashionable in certain political circles, where dark personal lies and libels about your neighbors are spread — to the benefit ...

At first glance the Ninth Pronouncement or Commandment seems both direct and easy to translate. Like most Biblical verses, there is more here than first meets the eye. Once we meet the original Hebrew ...

One of the Ten Commandments is “lo sa’aneh…,” the prohibition against testifying falsely. What happens if a witness later admits that he testified falsely? Reuven and Shimon were litigating in Rabbi ...

'Ain't that a shame!' Those were the words from Pat Boone's 1955 hit single that came to mind when I read his recent 'ACLU: Tear down this wall!' Now I'm not as much of a biblical scholar as Pat Boone ...