When Noah and Josephus Lyles first talked about turning professional out of high school -- Josephus brought it up before their junior year -- the goal was, of course, to sprint on the sport’s highest ...

Josephus Lyles may be Noah Lyles’ younger brother, but he’s a track star in his own right Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Noah Lyles, an American sprinter and Olympic medalist, is often in ...

Did hundreds of Jews really commit suicide at Masada? Historian Shaye Cohen compares Josephus' account with recent archaeological evidence. From "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, ...

Recently we began looking at claims that the Jewish historian Josephus (A.D. 37-c. 100) said that his people believed in reincarnation. This is not true. As we’ve already seen, there were two general ...

Propped up on the beds of a Baltimore hotel room, Noah and Josephus Lyles sat transfixed as the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics unfolded before them on the television. In that moment, on a ...

One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the Pharisaic ...

Okay, neither Josephus nor the author of his biography, A Jew Among Romans, was/is a painter, poet, or critic like the Pre-Raphaelites of the 19th century. So I’ve cheated a little in giving this ...