Biblical numbers are a little like the relatives at a family wedding—everyone has heard stories about them, nobody fully ...

The curious thing about the Bible is the way it reads itself. Modern and postmodern folk, having talked themselves out of trusting Scripture so that they can more credulously swallow whatever some ...

This explainer outlines original biblical meanings of widely used terms to clarify usage and reduce confusion. It addresses ...

Contemporary scholars and certain Christian groups today tend to approach the study of scripture as archaeology. Rather than receiving the scriptures as God-breathed tradition in the life of the ...

When reading or listening to Scripture, have you ever felt like the word of God was addressed to you personally? Has the message of the day ever been so specific to your present circumstances that it ...

With this incisive, illuminating book, Martin, a professor of religious studies at Yale University, engages the question needling most contemporary skeptics of a Christian background: how can anyone ...

Editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible Michael Coogan recently applied his thorough knowledge of Scripture to a universal and eternally relevant topic: sex. In God and Sex: What the Bible Really ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nicholas Kristof THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE Rescuing the Sacred Texts By Karen Armstrong In the ...