And Jesus said unto the theologians: “Who do you say that I am?” They replied: “You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the ontological foundation of the context of our ...
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 ...
A small red brick building in downtown Provo holds the connection between three great men of this millennium: the printing press. The Crandall Historical Printing Museum, founded 10 years ago by Louis ...
One of the most attractive and productive approaches in biblical studies in recent years goes by the German term Wirkungsgeschichte, that is, the history of the Bible’s influence or effects. The books ...
Why was the Hebrew Bible written? In Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins (Cambridge Univ., out now), Jacob L. Wright, Hebrew Bible professor at Emory University, ...
NEWS ANALYSIS: The debate over how God reveals himself was a central part of Vatican II and continues to nourish the Church. A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, ...
We gather tonight for a great purpose—and I certainly don’t mean the delivery of my remarks. Our great purpose is to launch a lecture series that will culminate in the celebration of an auspicious ...