For the next several months, some of the oldest religious texts in history will be on display in D.C. at the Museum of the Bible.

Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map.

Rev. Chris McCreight says we should approach our scriptures with the idea that they aren't always only about Jesus.

Before Hannukah, many have dubbed the lull in holidays as "Jewish Book Month." With so many excellent Jewish novels to ...

The Vatican issued a new landmark doctrinal note reaffirming monogamy, while warns about the rise of polyamory in societies.

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

The first ever map in the Bible revolutionised map-making despite being printed the wrong way round, a new study reveals.

What is the oldest Bible in the world? You might think of some dusty old tome secreted away in a vault, but the answer itself is rather surprising. It doesn’t really come as a shock to know that the ...

It’s not just a display of the scrolls, which of course in and of themselves would be powerful,” but other “wow objects” leave viewers in awe, the museum’s director of exhibits told JNS.

As our nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, a recent question posed to me has been stuck in my craw. I ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...