The modern reader should understand the word hosanna to be an exclamation of praise directed especially at the promised ...

"President-elect Donald Trump’s support for instituting prayer in schools across the country is alarming," writes Bible ...

If you are in a church that uses the Book of Common Prayer and it is the right day, you will hear Psalm 1 begin: “Blessed is ...

Religion News Service columnist discusses Texas' newly adopted rules for teaching about the Bible in public schools.

The Puritans saw the Plymouth Colony as their promised land. That is why so many places in New England bear biblical names: ...

“In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing upon the heart. The LORD of Hosts will bless them saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and ...

Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical performance mentioned in ...

Where in the world is West Refaim and why did it have its own stamp? Riddles from back when the Jewish imagination went ...

The next big change in scripture didn’t come for centuries down the road, with the start of the Protestant Reformation in ...

Having shown my readers (all six of you) how to play the Wordsmithery game in my last column, I must explain some of the 700 ...

Winning Work and Share Words of Wisdom Harvard Divinity School faculty members are no strangers to awards and accolades.

Exploring the threads of agape in the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Bible—how ancient gods, a heroic wanderer, and the divine ...