Explore the unique beauty of Israel's native trees on your next hike, where ancient oaks, carobs, and figs bring the rich ...

The fig tree is an illustrious sapling; it’s the first plant mentioned in the Bible by name and figs were part of the produce of the land brought back by the spies sent by Moses into Canaan, as ...

And with every page you turn you’ll discover something new about your Bible. Even under Nathanael’s fig tree. Andy Cook is the founder of Experience Israel Now and a resident of Peach County.

Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, Fig Tree has since made the rounds of movie festivals and will be screened in Washington, D.C. on November 1. In a village near the ...

In Luke 13, Jesus tells a parable about a barren fig tree. The tree is planted in a vineyard, which sounds weird, but fig trees were often used as trellises in vineyards. The owner is unhappy because ...

The 14th-century Shem Tov Bible is now being exhibited at the National Library of Israel, a year after a family bought it for a whopping multimillion-dollar sum.

But what is so special about Jesus seeing you under a fig tree? In the scheme of things, it doesn’t seem like that earth-shaking a sign. How could something as simple as this be all it takes to make ...

On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Bartholomew, who many believe is the apostle called Nathanael in John 1:45-51, today's Gospel. "Philip found Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the ...