Earlier this summer, Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a requirement that all public classrooms display the Ten Commandments. Broadly similar laws are moving through ...

Editor's note: This is the third installment in an opinion series on the Ten Commandments. Shakespeare’s Juliet posed the question: “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ...

A statue of Moses smashing the tablets of the 10 Commandments is on display in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. The 17-foot-tall sculpture is on loan from the Skirball Cultural ...

I used to think taking God’s name in vain meant saying words like “damn” or “hell” or “God” as an expletive, but the third commandment is far deeper than any mere utterance. It is about manipulation, ...

We who are privileged to be alive today have at our disposal a wealth of newly unearthed data that illuminates the Bible. Cuneiform tablets shed light on two of the commandments—the second and ...

The Texas legislature has passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom in the state. With Gov. Greg Abbott (R) poised to sign it, the law’s Republican ...