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Why We De-versified the Bible

Bible literacy is lower than ever. Who’s to blame? Try Bible publishers.

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Scholarly Smackdown: Were Mary Magdalene and Jesus Married?

One Bible scholar says there's no evidence. Another argues that John's gospel and a Gnostic text offer clues to a marriage.

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Environmental Armageddon

Evangelical officials with end-times beliefs care more about the Rapture index than the fouling of the environment.

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Read Out the Old, Read in the New

As the 7½-year Talmud study cycle ends with a global celebration, Jews are joining the next round in a host of new media.

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Bible Translation Stirs Gender Debate

Zondervan's newly released Bible has left some evangelicals wondering if the Scripture has been neutered.

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Loose Canon: July 2004

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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The Best Spiritual Book of the Year

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Miracles From All Over

Kenneth L. Woodward, who told us how saints are made, writes about what miracles mean

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The Gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

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Who's Shaping the Christian Mind?

Bucking the trend at Christian bookstores, a theologian challenges the faithful to make reading a pilgrimage.

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