the New Testament
Singing of arms and the man: Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel, reviewed
Fragments emerge of an epic poem describing the Trojan War from the viewpoint of an ordinary soldier, in it for the loot
New light on the New Testament
Candida Moss reveals that many New Testament texts, including St Mark’s Gospel, were penned by enslaved scribes who became influential interpreters of Christian scripture
Which Mary is which?
Is there a patron saint of conjecture? Perhaps it is a name known only to Bible scholars, who have rich…
The holy sinner
Many of the great faith narratives (the Holy Quran being a notable exception) are clumsy, rough-hewn things; makepiece amalgams of…
Love it or loathe it
At the heart of the eschatological ideology of the Islamic State is the belief that when the world ends (and…
