1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

It involves telling stories and going to the temple ... Advent anticipates the coming again to earth of Jesus Christ. Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of ...

Hallie Rubenhold’s “Story of a Murder” chronicles a killing, featuring sex, dentures and tightrope walkers.

In the last decade, the Huqoq Excavation Project has found mosaics depicting Noah's Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, and more ...

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Two concurrent London productions of Oedipus might seem like overkill, but they actually worked to demonstrate the ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill launches his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, starting from the ...

As these difficult times demand great personal sacrifice from a select few, the rest of us should consider the meaning behind ...

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

Jesus’ parable in Luke’s Gospel masterfully illustrates three characters, the father and two sons, each of whom provides an ...

Stories of unsung female heroes are having a moment, like Kristin Hannah’s “The Women,” which spotlights the “forgotten” female veterans of World War II. “There is something that is ...

The nominal subject was the Sierra Club leader David Brower, but McPhee allowed a mining expert named Charles Park to share ...