As long as it is,Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments' ignores some of the most interesting parts of Moses' journey.

On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only ...

As a scholar of the Bible and ancient Judaism, I believe Passover is a particularly poignant time to recognize the tragedies of the past year and offer hope for the future.

Clayton Leinneweber spent the last 30 years traveling with a full-size replica of the tabernacle, which will be at College ...

If you relate to my question last week of “Why bother reading the Bible ... stories we find in the first five books, so-called then as “the Pentateuch” or the “Five Books of Moses ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

At least, that’s what these CIA documents claim. The Ark of the Covenant (no, not the Indiana Jones movie) was built by ...

After a few glasses of wine-bar hock he was tottering homewards when he saw a notice for cathedral evensong. He slipped ...

Baby names reflect America’s political and religious divides — with Jewish names like Kohen and Mira gaining traction in ...

When Paul mentioned Jannes and Jambres in 2 Timothy 3:8, his audience likely knew who these men were, but readers today often ...

Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...

The rock of the rock star is not the Rock of Ages. Churches now do telemarketing surveys, asking: “What would you like in a ...