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The World's Oldest Illustrated Bible Isn't Wher...
Picture the oldest illustrated Christian book in the world. Most people, asked to guess where it lives, would say the Vatican Library, or a museum vault in Constantinople, or some...
The World's Oldest Illustrated Bible Isn't Wher...
Picture the oldest illustrated Christian book in the world. Most people, asked to guess where it lives, would say the Vatican Library, or a museum vault in Constantinople, or some...
Nine Monks and the Bible Nobody Else Kept Reading
Picture nine monks arriving on foot in the highland kingdom of Aksum sometime in the late 5th century, most of them refugees from a theological dispute that had just torn...
Nine Monks and the Bible Nobody Else Kept Reading
Picture nine monks arriving on foot in the highland kingdom of Aksum sometime in the late 5th century, most of them refugees from a theological dispute that had just torn...
The Other Maccabees Nobody in the West Has Read
Imagine opening the Ethiopian Bible to the Books of Maccabees expecting a familiar story. In the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, Maccabees means one thing: the Hasmonean revolt against the...
The Other Maccabees Nobody in the West Has Read
Imagine opening the Ethiopian Bible to the Books of Maccabees expecting a familiar story. In the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, Maccabees means one thing: the Hasmonean revolt against the...
The Goat That Led to the Oldest Bible on Earth
Picture a teenage shepherd named Muhammed edh-Dhib, sometime in late 1946 or early 1947, climbing the limestone cliffs above the Dead Sea. One of his goats has wandered off. He...
The Goat That Led to the Oldest Bible on Earth
Picture a teenage shepherd named Muhammed edh-Dhib, sometime in late 1946 or early 1947, climbing the limestone cliffs above the Dead Sea. One of his goats has wandered off. He...
The Bible Myth Everyone Gets Wrong About Consta...
Picture a courtroom scene that never happened. A council chamber in the ancient city of Nicaea, 325 AD. Roman Emperor Constantine sits at the head of the table. A stack...
The Bible Myth Everyone Gets Wrong About Consta...
Picture a courtroom scene that never happened. A council chamber in the ancient city of Nicaea, 325 AD. Roman Emperor Constantine sits at the head of the table. A stack...
66, 73, 76, or 88: Why Every Bible Counts Its B...
Ask how many books are in the Bible and you will get a different answer depending on who you ask. Protestants generally say 66. Catholics say 73. Eastern Orthodox churches...
66, 73, 76, or 88: Why Every Bible Counts Its B...
Ask how many books are in the Bible and you will get a different answer depending on who you ask. Protestants generally say 66. Catholics say 73. Eastern Orthodox churches...