A History of the Bible: The Story of the World’s Most Influential Book, by John Barton. Viking. 640 pages. $35. The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts, by Karen Armstrong. Knopf. 624 ...

If anything, the historical details are even messier than Susan Lim’s new account allows. What does history have to do with faith? Everything. As Paul attests in 1 Corinthians 15, Christ died. He was ...

Before German craftsman Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-15th century, a single Bible could take ...

‘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, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researcher Bryan Windle of Bible Archaeology Report compiled his list of top ten New Testament archaeological discoveries – a ...

In the Great Hall of Glen Eyrie Castle visitors listened to the the tale of a 12-year-old boy who made one of history’s greatest archeological finds while searching for a goat.The boy’s 1947 discovery ...

Anyone who visits Washington, D.C., expects to hit the museums. The National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History are considered ...

As I walked down the staircase that led to “The Slave Bible: Let the Story Be Told,” an exhibit housed in the basement of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., I prepared myself for a difficult ...

King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne of England as King James I amid high treachery, global warfare and religious turmoil on this day in history, March 24, 1603. His reign shaped the world ...

A piece of Taunton’s early Colonial history is about to go up for auction in Northern Ireland. Elizabeth Pole's copy of the Geneva Bible is being put up for sale in Belfast on Tuesday, Jan. 10, by ...