It was the "Bible" for the Greek-speaking Jews ... 517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox ...

In earlier chapters mention has been made of the canon, or more accurately, the various canons of the Bible adopted by different churches. The subject of canon requires at least a book in its own ...

Rabbi Marty Lockshin points out that while Hanukah celebrates the miraculous military victories of the “few over the many,” and of Jewish religion over Greek culture; Hanukah has also given us a new ...

Do you know the books of the Bible that your pastor (or yourself) never preached on? If you have a hard time spelling them, chances are that they might be the most neglected and least studied books in ...

While the Bible remains one of the most popular books for sale ... The bid description does not mention the Apocrypha — a ...

Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.” By Dwight GarnerJennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs ...

It’s also a celebration of the arrival of Jesus. Christmas is a time for Christians to praise God’s love for the world through the birth of His Son: Jesus. The Bible tells of His birth hundreds of ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" -- which means, "God with us." "Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and ...

My major interests are in the fields of medieval German, Celtic and other literatures, especially medieval apocrypha, and also literature of the two world wars. After retiring I published a book on ...

Books are not always better than their movie adaptations; except when that book is The Bible, then the book is always better. Nonetheless, this movie is arguably the best attempt (that I am aware of) ...