The Adam's apple is a distinctive feature on the human throat, normally more noticeable in men but present in everyone to some degree. Have you ever stopped to wonder what Adam’s apple actually is, ...

(RNS) — Married to a member of an Episcopal church choir, I had the pleasure this past month of sitting through two performances of Lessons and Carols, the musical-scriptural summary of the reason for ...

Are we to eat the etrog a couple of weeks early? While as your local Jewish preschooler can sing to you, on Rosh Hashanah we dip the apple in the honey, and on Sukkot we take the etrog and lulav and ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. The idea has its ...

As I sat down with my son for the birds-and-bees talk, it struck me how natural and straightforward conversations about human reproduction can seem compared to the more complex theological discussions ...

except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die.” Today’s first reading walks us through the precursor to the ...

As a result of Adam and Eve eating fruit from the tree of knowledge, the Torah tells us that “the eyes of both of them were opened….” They were stripped of their blissful naïveté, aware of their ...

After 2½ years of rigorous, sometimes hair-raising effort, the conservation studio at the J. Paul Getty Museum has completed work on one of the key treasures of European art in Los Angeles. Lucas ...

The Apple logo, one of the most recognisable symbols in the world, has been surrounded by speculation and myths for decades. The logo’s distinct bite mark has fueled theories ranging from biblical ...

When it comes to drawing lessons from the story of Adam and Eve, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint has a history of playing it fast and loose. • In favor of polygamy. • Against polygamy. ...

Ed. Weinberger's Genesis-based comedy premiered with a one-weekend limited run in L.A. and, with solid execution from two fellow golden-age-of-sitcoms pros, would likely be a crowd-pleaser in a more ...