The Bible,” says Bruce Gordon, “is a book in exile, a refugee that has washed up on many shores.” And this really admirable volume pursues the question of how “a book of many different forms” actually ...

The Jews divided their sacred books into sections. The chapter division, as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth century and is the work of Stephen Langton, professor at the ...

The banned books are Elana K. Arnold’s “Damsel,” Colleen Hoover’s “Ugly Love,” Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” and four ...

Revelation 22:19 All Christians - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant - agree that the Books in the Bible are the inspired, written Word of God but disagree on which Books belong in the Bible.

Many Christian conservatives saw the battle for the White House as a holy war. Now, with Donald Trump’s victory, their vision ...

By Dwight Garner Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying.

Dying to the law means that we are free from the condemnation of the law. We serve in newness of spirit not by the law. In ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

Over the course of their courtship, the man, a fellow student at her Christian high school, became sexually abusive. He began ...

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The turbulent and troubled life of Vivien Leigh comes to light in Lyndsy Spence's new book. Ysenda Maxtone Graham discovers the mental turmoil the actress battled with. How could a cocky blond 20 ...

A 'rare' 411-year-old Bible will be auctioned by its North Wales owner in Shropshire. The Great She Bible of 1613, valued at up to £8,000, is one of the 'potential stars' at Halls Fine Art’s books, ...