Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not. Sacred texts mean different things to different religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and ...

Since 1777, North Carolinians have been putting their hands on the King James version of the Bible and swearing under God to tell the truth in court. Now, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed ...

The wise warrior avoids the battle,” states The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy that is attributed to the Chinese ...

Rabbi Rachel Gartner, director of Jewish Chaplaincy, outlined the complex challenges of interpreting Jewish religious texts on Tuesday. Director of Muslim Chaplaincy Imam Yahya Hendi and Director of ...

It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...