Marilynne Robinson’s meditation on Genesis takes us to another level altogether. She insists that we read the book as a genuine composition, not an awkward patchwork, asking all the time, “What work ...

There are other biblical examples of human influence on meteorological events. Take, for instance, the story of Joshua and ...

Calvin’s Moses, like Robinson, knows how to light God. Now Robinson has written her own exegesis of the first book of the Bible, called Reading Genesis. It follows Calvin’s in treating scripture as ...

God had the plan of reconciliation from the very beginning, and believers are privileged to share it. Only Jesus as He hung ...

It is noteworthy for contemporary readers that in this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus strongly — almost irritably — defends two of ...

This (Oct. 7) tragedy has prompted a profound reassessment of Jewish identity, highlighting a transition from what Cosgrove ...

He examines the Torah text from Jewish and non-Jewish sources. He follows the rational view that Maimonides (1138-1204) ...

Criteria: The winner should be a novel of rare imagination and style, evocative, textured and a tale so compelling as to ...