Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

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

Women’s History Month is a good time to reflect on the progress made for women and for all humanity, all created equally as ...

The Isi Benedicta Institute (IBI), a faith-based institute that offers a wide array of courses geared towards building up ...

The Jews divided their sacred books into sections. The chapter division, as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth century and is the work of Stephen Langton, professor at the ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

A rapidly growing Christian Right movement has become a driving force behind unqualified U.S.—and global—support for Israel.

Today, besides Hamas, Hezbollah, and Ayatollah Khamenei, we are hated by U.N. officials and innumerable college faculty, students, commentators, journalists, and government officials around the world.

A 95-year-old nan from Merseyside is fighting to save a much-loved 'community lifeline' and hopes to raise £20,000 to pay off ...

Edday Nderitu and Samidoh celebrated their daughter Nimo Muchoki’s 3rd birthday with heartfelt messages. Fans also sent in ...

Christians in the state of Georgia lobbied their elected officials this week for the complete and total abolition of abortion, and one pastor who came to support their efforts did an excellent job ...

The development of "Dayenu," that Haggadah ditty that recaps the many miracles the Israelites experienced throughout the Book ...