It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...
The Old Testament books are grouped in the following manner: 1) Historical books, which are arranged not in the order in which they ... of the Machabees). The New Testament like the Old Testament ...
No where in the New Testament (NT) does Jesus or His Apostles present a complete list of the OT Books or even discuss this issue. Before the 2nd century, most Palestian Jews preferred a canon ...
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published ...
Jared Patrick Boyd, founder of the Order of the Common Life (OCL)—a “missional monastic order reimagining religious vocations for the 21st century”—affirms a communal rule of life that is summarized ...
By Alexandra Alter Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. “I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show ...
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.