Meanwhile, the first-century philosopher and biblical ... transforming them into something new, a Christian Bible. The English word "Bible" is from the Greek phrase ta biblia, "the books," an ...

(Winthrop was a Puritan founder of New England and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.) The Geneva Bible has its origins in the 16th-century English Reformation and the reign of ...

and the first letter of each book of the bible is lavishly decorated. The Sarum Master – whose real name is unknown – is considered "one of the finest English artists of the period", said ...

The earliest Latin Commentary on the Gospels, lost for over 1500 years, has been rediscovered and made available in English for the first time, thanks to research from the University of Birmingham. | ...