New Translation of Bible Goes Back to Hebrew Roots
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It is considered the most  magisterial opening in English literature: "In the beginning  God created the heaven and the earth."
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Titanic director rescripts Christianity Hollywood giant James Cameron has set himself his biggest challenge yet â rewriting the bible after discovering that Jesus sired a son before being buried outside Jerusalem.â¦
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Two researchers are following the footsteps of the religious patriarch in the hope that people will rediscover their common roots.
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MAS-HA, West Bank -- From the Zeituna Restaurant to the Basel Furniture store, business once thrived along the road that runs through this Palestinian village, conducted in a language no longer spoken here.
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Archaeologists have found an ancient quarry where King Herod's workers may have chiselled the giant stones used to rebuild the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said Thursday &#151; underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.
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LONDON, Aug 21 (IPS) - A new missive on women from the Vatican followed   by a strong response to it has brought new spark to an old  debate.
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DIMONA, Israel  - Four decades after they heard what they call an angel's order to leave the United States and move to Israel, a vegan community popularly known as "the Black Hebrews" is about to get its own piece of the Holy Land.
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South African Christians seeking a  quick spiritual boost will be able to download the entire bible  on to their mobile telephones phones from Wednesday as part of  a drive to modernize the scriptures.
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A growing number of gentiles have lately signed on to JDate, which was established in 1997 as a service for bringing Jews together.
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BYBLOS, Lebanon  - A Lebanese scientist following the genetic footprint of the ancient Phoenicians says he has traced their modern-day descendants, but stumbled into an old controversy about identity in his country.
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A version of the first Welsh language bible has appeared online 400 years after the death of the bishop who first translated it.
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Two pieces of Christian art that predate the Holocaust raise questions about anti-Semitism.
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Hundreds of biblical artefacts in museums all over the world could be fakes, it has emerged after Israeli investigators uncovered what they claim is a sophisticated forgery ring.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK As readers praised and criticized yesterday's delivery of New Testaments along with home-delivered copies of The Gazette in Colorado Springs, the International Bible Society confirmed that it wants to do a similar distribution with other newspapers.
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Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound &#151; offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism.
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JERUSALEM -- Archeologists in Jerusalem have identified the remains of the Siloam Pool, where the Bible says Jesus miraculously cured a man's blindness, researchers said yesterday -- underlining a stirring link between the works of Jesus and ancient Jewish rituals.