She masterfully uncovers the subterranean threads and tensions that underlie the written text of the myriad laws and rituals encompassed within the third book of the Bible. The emergence of her ...

Remember, Bible study is hard work. You won’t understand everything you read the first time you read it. That’s ok. Don’t ...

A biblical scholar traces how images of the ‘city of God’ have shaped American culture – especially when it comes to who ...

Revelation 22:19 All Christians - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant - agree that the Books in the Bible are the inspired ... the Torah (i.e. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deut.), ...

"I had no idea that what the Bible wrote was actually coming true, starting with the resurrection of Israel," he said. "The enemy is depicted in the Book of Revelation in a vision as a dragon." ...

‘One hundred years from my day,” Voltaire is supposed to have remarked, “there will not be a Bible on earth except ... derived from the Greek biblia, “books”—to its present status ...

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the traditional and well loved prayer book of the Anglican Church, used daily in homes and churches throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely ...

By Tasman Tobey Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. 5 Books to Read About Policing Before You Vote ...

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to ...

The medieval manuscript consists of prayers, poems and drawings from the Hebrew Bible with pages of the oldest discovered Passover Haggadah. "This sacred book holds a surprising connection to the ...

When Rose Levy Benanbaum’s “Cake Bible” was first published in 1988, it was as though the wheel had been re-invented.

By Jennifer Szalai “Playing Possum,” a new book by the philosopher Susana Monsó, explores the mysteries of grief and mourning in the animal world. By Jennifer Szalai With a weekly newsletter ...