In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

Nimrod, the first biblical king after the floods, has been the object of mystery and intrigue to historians and biblical ...

The curated list of unique baby names 2026 offers one-of-a-kind, meaningful names from around the world, giving your child a ...

The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

10. River — Conjuring an image of flowing water, this name was in the top 300 for both boys and girls in 2024. 11. Meredith — ...

Bible sales have boomed in recent years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob Smietana of Religion News Service about what's behind the trend.

Malala — Meaning "grief-stricken" or "sad" in Arabic, this is the name of activist Malala Yousafzai, who fights for female ...

Ricardo — A Spanish and Portuguese name meaning “dominant ruler.” Apollo — If you’re a fan of Greek mythology, this name—meaning “destroyer,” “strength” or “father’s light”—can be perfect for your ...

Jeff LeJeune opened the door to this subject with his thoughtful essay on St Jerome, so we thought we’d step on through it and expand a bit on the theme of the history of the Bible. As Jeff said, a ...

Hebrew terms for God appear across the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah brings them all together. If you were a child of Christian parents in the 1980s or 1990s, there is a decent chance that at some ...