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Drawing upon the most recent scholarship concerning the origins, interpretation, and translation of the Bible, Swenson, a professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and ...

"You say 'to-may-to,' I say 'to-mah-to,' you say 'po-tay-to,' I say 'po-tah-to.' But 'to-may-to,' 'to-mah-to,' 'po-tay-to,' 'po-tah-to,' let's call the whole thing off. You say 'Bible,' I say 'Bibble, ...

The Bible is filled with mysterious stories that historians and scholars have attempted to crack for millennia. One is the story of the Tower of Babel, a structure that has eluded researchers for ...

Pope Francis is considering the idea of having women as deacons in the Catholic Church (Gazette-Times, May 13). From the article: “Deacons are ordained ministers but not priests, though they can ...

Many other examples are explored in the new book "Bible Babel: Making Sense Of The Most Talked About Book Of All Time." The book is by religious studies scholar Kristin Swenson.

IN the number of the Johns Hopkins University Circulars for June (vol. xxii. No. 163), Prof. Paul Haupt has published an article entitled “Bible and Babel,"referring to the somewhat heated controversy ...