For the topic of the October Synod of Bishops in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” The agenda committee, after polling bishops and others, ...

Up front, I'd have to say that I have a cultural and professional bias toward the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). So perhaps it's best to focus on articulating some of its literary strengths: 1.

In this painting by English artist William Hole (1846-1917) the Masoretes are depicted working on an authoritative text of the Old Testament in the city of Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of ...

The Bible is the world’s most influential book. But books, like people, can be influential because of what they say, or because of what they are thought to have said. With a book as huge as the Bible, ...

Editor’s note: Columns in the Faith section reflect opinions and perspectives of the writer and are not necessarily those of The Republic. A friend recently asked me why God in the Old Testament (the ...

Last week a copy of the Hebrew Bible sold at the Sotheby’s auction house in New York for US$38 million. The Codex Sassoon was purchased by former US ambassador to Romania, Alfred H. Moses, and donated ...

Thanks for joining us today as we begin a two-part study discussing what the Bible says about eyes and sight. We start with the Old Testament, and next week the New. Generally speaking, humans take ...