In the shadowy world where religion meets archaeology, scientists, collectors, and schemers are racing to find the most precious relics. Hand copied around 1400, a Wycliffe New Testament on exhibit at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Long-hidden annotations in a Henry VIII-era Bible reveal the messy, gradual process of the ...

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments that ...

New Testament scholar Garrick V. Allen explains the long history of paratext. Every Bible includes some non-Bible parts. There are chapter and verse breaks, maps in the back, and dedication pages at ...

In the world of ancient manuscripts, scholars often come across texts that have been altered or erased. This technique, called palimpsest, involves carefully scraping off the original writing to make ...

This story has been updated to reflect the latest news. The Museum of the Bible, which opened to the public on November 17, 2017, is a $500-million monument to the world’s most popular book. Few ...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic novella The Little Prince has been translated into more than 600 languages and dialects, more than any other nonreligious work in history. Translation of this ...