‘In truth,” writes John Barton at the beginning of “A History of the Bible,” “there are no versions of either Christianity or Judaism that correspond point for point to the contents of the Bible, ...

The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...

Randy Rosenthal has a master’s in theological studies from Harvard University, where he teaches writing. We usually think of scripture as a written text, part of a closed canon, as sacrosanct, as ...

A HISTORY OF THE BIBLE: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book, by John Barton. Viking, 613 pp., $35. The Bible sits on the shelf like any other book. Open it up, though, and it immediately ...

Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was in the thick of his campaign for the presidency in 2004 when he committed a verbal gaffe that was literally biblical in proportion. No, not his ...

This has to be Karen Armstrong’s ultimate tome after all her learned, readable, fascinating and often mesmerizing books on religion in general, myth, Islam, the history of God and more. Beginning with ...

Very few members of my congregation are drawn to the Bible like I am. Generally, they articulate feeling lost when it comes to scripture. More often than not, our sacred texts puzzle, disturb, and ...

In his review of Karen Armstrong’s “The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts” (Dec. 1), Nicholas Kristof includes a quote from Armstrong: “Because its creation myths do not concur with ...

Have you ever been hurt in life, and you need Scriptures on forgiveness in the Bible to heal you of the hurt and restore you? Forgiveness is one of the hardest commands God gives us, yet it’s also one ...

The Exodus story was a model of providential liberation and deliverance for Americans rebelling against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.

Ferreira’s latest album is rich and rewarding, the mark of a prolific artist arriving at the perfect unity between content and presentation. The album is packed with some of his most impressive, ...

A Utah school district that recently pulled the King James Bible from elementary and middle school libraries has now received a request to review the Book of Mormon for removal, according to school ...