‘One hundred years from my day,” Voltaire is supposed to have remarked, “there will not be a Bible on earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity-seeker.” Things haven’t worked ...

The clarity and simplicity of these themes is a strength of the book, as is the frequent use of diagrams to illustrate them.

Adah: The wife of Esau, and the second woman mentioned in the Bible, after Eve. Julia: The name of a young Christian woman ...

Michael Bird offers a trusty primer on reading and understanding God’s Word. At my seminary, I regularly teach a course on biblical interpretation, and I always begin in the same way: by showing ...

Viewing the Bible as a material artifact, the theologian examines how the scripture’s interpretation, design, and use have ...

(RNS) — Centuries since it was written, the Christian Bible remains a bestselling book and has spawned more than a few blockbusters. Now, with the debut of “House of David,” a biblical drama from ...

The post Why Certain Books Were Excluded From the Bible appeared first on The Queen Zone. "Take the meat, leave the bone" might be the most honest warning anyone can give before entering the labyrinth ...

When deciding what to call his new book Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table, Brandan Robertson knew the word queer would provoke. So, he addresses the issue ...

One of the most-studied Bible verses of the year is from 2 Timothy in the New Testament, according to an analysis of millions ...

Amid all the damage Martin Luther did in rending the body of Christ, perhaps his most deeply ingrained legacy is his shortened canon of Scriptures. Many people seem to believe Catholics “added” books ...