The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for "The ...

For just one year, the Museum of the Bible in Washington will host a rare exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which feature ...

E xperts have uncovered hidden language patterns and identified likely authors of some of the Bible's oldest books – using ...

In the world of ancient manuscripts, scholars often come across texts that have been altered or erased. This technique, ...

When the newest addition to the line of NIV (New International Version) study Bibles arrived, the first thing noticed was the topic. The second thing was the binding. Let’s start with the binding. The ...

In a room of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the mountains of Sinai, a chance discovery in 1975 forever changed the study of biblical texts. The Egyptian monastery of Saint Catherine holds the world’s ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Museum of the Bible handed over an ancient, handwritten gospel to the Greek Orthodox Church yesterday, the latest move in its ongoing effort to shore up its reputation after ...

Until about a century ago virtually all knowledge of the ancient Near East stemmed ultimately from the Bible. Nearly all history of Egyptian, Babylonian, Hittite and Persian empires and monarchs was ...

It is easy for us to underestimate the aura that surrounded a written text in the ancient world. As you read this review, you are performing something that once seemed like magic: converting signs on ...