Does the Biblical story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt appear in Greek mythology? This article examines some ...

The manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. (A copy held at the Vatican dates from about the same period.) Older copies of ...

Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse or you rarely take a peek at the Good Book, these Bible facts will ...

Scholars call this extra stuff “paratext.” For the most part, everyone ignores it unless some controversy sparks debate over ...

The normal language for Jews in the Diaspora was Greek. It was in the Diaspora that the Bible was translated from Hebrew into a Greek vernacular. So, later on, when we find Paul quoting scripture ...

the Greek-speaking Jews preferred the larger canon found in the Greek Septuagint Bible - a 2nd-century B.C. Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture. It was the "Bible" for the Greek-speaking Jews.

Marriage”, according to a possibly apocryphal 12-year-old in a Confirmation class, “is one of the looser sacraments.” That ...

God is odd about sex. The Bible and Christian writings are odder yet. If all this weirdness affected only believers, it would ...

An ancient mosaic located near what s believed to be the site of the prophesied Armageddon contains a reference to Jesus as ...

Explore Greek philosopher Pletho Gemistos, his radical reforms, influence on Renaissance thinkers, and the revival of ...

Ahead of the spookiest month of the year, a superstitiously unlucky day falls this week. Yes, this Friday is that Friday; ...