If you relate to my question last week of “Why bother reading the Bible?” — then I hope you’ll jump in for a four-week overview of the 66 books in the testaments, both older and newer. Let’s begin at ...

NOVA distills more than a hundred years of archeological excavations and centuries of biblical scholarship to explore the history of the Israelites and the beginnings of modern religion. Hour 1 of the ...

Previously we had been talking about the order and organization of the Bible, starting with the sections in Hebrew tradition of the 39 books most Christians call the Old Testament. This general ...

Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and God’s Last ...