It’s hard to imagine a more influential book than the Bible. When its ancient Old Testament and not-quite-as-ancient New Testament are taken into account, the Bible has been a part of the human ...

In this dual presentation, Richard J. Clifford, S.J., discusses liberation, covenant, and blessings in the Old Testament, specifically exploring origin. Michael Simone, S.J., responds by highlighting ...

The otherwise excellent Nov. 30 Metro obituary for Phillip Ratner, “Sculptor cast the immigrant experience in bronze,” twice referred to “the Old Testament.”That is a Christian term used ...

The Old Testament considers children an evidence of God’s blessing: “And God blessed them, and God said to them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have ...