Bible

The St. Cuthbert Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book. Some time around 698, it was slipped into the coffin of a saint.

Beginning in the late eighteenth century, many Americans experienced a crisis of religious authority. During this time, the idea of an unambiguous “plain Bible” began to gain traction.

Despite the high rates of religious adherence in the United States, fewer Americans are reading the Bible than at any point in history.

Julia Ward Howe wrote her most famous poem, the legendary Civil War song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” in a single burst of inspiration 156 years ago.

Think doing your taxes is annoying? Imagine trying it without a computer, a calculator… or even the Arabic numeral system.

A short history of the literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis reveals it's largely a modern dogma. 

The King James Bible, the most popular version read worldwide, had a lasting influence on the American literary canon.

In Genesis 38, Tamar, disguised as a prostitute, tricks her father-in-law into having sex with her. I don’t recall this making the Sunday school curriculum.