Discover the world's oldest written languages still in use. Learn about the rich history and enduring legacy of Sanskrit, ...
An exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum charts the influence and allure of the Book of Psalms across religions and ...
At the Morgan Library, 'Sing a Song,' which was seven years in the making, focuses on the role of psalms in medieval life and ...
What makes Matthew important is the belief that he later wrote an account of Jesus’s life and ministry known as “The Gospel ...
Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...
Different religions have different views about what scripture is. In fact, often there are debates within a single religion ...
When he was inflicted with painful boils over his body, his wife asked him, “Why don’t you curse God and die?” Job replied, ...
Why are the thousands of torii gates at Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine painted a striking orange? Is it for beauty, symbolism, ...
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time ...
Mammon is a loan word, derived from Hebrew and Aramaic, but repackaged in Greek for Luke’s Gospel (and Matthew’s). It means “money” or “wealth”. Augustine once mentioned that the word “mammon” was ...
Despite being known as masters of trade, these seafarers were never a single collective. Different groups built powerful ...
To a young Jessica Sacks growing up in England, the country’s towering chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, was more than just a distant religious figure — he was an uncle. “He was very busy, so we didn’t get ...