This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Moses and Joshua bowing before the Ark of the Covenant. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) The Ark of the Covenant or Ark of Testimony was ...

For centuries, the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred gold-plated chest said to contain the Ten Commandments, has been one of the greatest mysteries in religious history. The object, which once ...

Even though I am retired, every Jewish New Year I preach a sermon at my synagogue, Temple Beth Torah in Melville. Then I summarize it in my weekly column so that my readers (both of them) know what is ...

An Egyptologist has proposed a new theory that the Ark of the Covenant was not merely a sacred container for the Ten Commandments, but a radical reimagining of ancient religious symbols. David Falk, ...

So, the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there to the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of host, which dwell ...

Recently, I heard a very good sermon entitled, “Bringing Back the Ark.” This was referring to the Ark of the Covenant that represented the Presence of God in the midst of the Nation of Israel in the ...

What’s the essential difference between the golden cherubim that were carved on top of the ark of the covenant and the golden calf constructed by Aaron in the wilderness? A skeptical “biblical scholar ...

When last we saw the lost Ark of the Covenant in action, it had been dug up by Indiana Jones in Egypt and ark-napped by Nazis, whom the Ark proceeded to incinerate amidst a tempest of terrifying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gold-plated replica of the Ark of the Covenant will be on display at Palm Beach Synagogue Jan. 8-11. Commissioned by a synagogue ...