So many people seem to be concerned with the question, "Who wrote the Bible?" It reminds me of a story that a professor from the University of Judaism once told me. He was discussing a movie that he ...

Miss Kendrick came ready, with props. The day’s topic was the Gospel of Matthew. “You can divide all the Beatitudes into two parts,” Jennifer Kendrick explained to her teenage audience. “The ‘Blessed ...

For centuries, scholars have debated who wrote the Bible. The texts were copied, edited, and compiled over generations, leaving behind few clues about their original authors. Despite theological and ...

(Inside Science) -- Algorithms that computers use to translate something written in one language into another are easy to find. Some even work. But every writer has a unique style -- what writers call ...

I celebrate the milestone of the first woman to become archbishop of Canterbury. But I worry there’s a glass cliff waiting for her. As lawless gangs of ICE agents terrorize city neighborhoods, it’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Dan McClellan has spent much of his life learning—and relearning—what the Bible and ...

Mysterious authors penned these holy texts some 2,000 years ago, but modern archaeology is shedding new light on who they were. A Dominican Father reconstructs the text of a fragment of the Great ...

Recent moves by state leaders have reenergized a debate: Is teaching about the Bible in public schools necessary to develop well-rounded, culturally literate students? Is it possible to do so without ...

Robert Beckford learned the Bible at his mother's knee and grew up believing that it was literally true. But, 20 years on from his Baptist upbringing, Beckford is no longer so sure that 'the good book ...