For generations, family Bibles held information on the important occurrences that took place in the Black family. African Americans trusted their bibles for much more than sacred writings— they also ...

On October 6, in the year 1536, a pitiful figure was led from a dungeon in Vilvorde Castle near Brussels, Belgium. For nearly a year and a half, the man had suffered isolation in a dark, damp cell.

If anything, the historical details are even messier than Susan Lim’s new account allows. What does history have to do with faith? Everything. As Paul attests in 1 Corinthians 15, Christ died. He was ...

The political history of the Catholic Church -- from the Crusades to the Holocaust -- makes this abundantly clear. If I have learned one thing in my four years studying history here at Tufts, it is ...

The genesis of this study was Vol. 297: "Biblical Time Keeping – BC and AD Versus BCE and CE," published on December 7, 2025.

Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their place in it. The 1525 map of the Holy Land, reversed like a mirror image, was ...

King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne of England as King James I amid high treachery, global warfare and religious turmoil on this day in history, March 24, 1603. His reign shaped the world ...

History's "The Bible" scores ratings of Biblical proportions. TV tweet of the day so far. TV Tuesday. TV Linkzilla Daily for 3/5/13 starts now. Critics didn't love "The Bible," no surprise. Not to ...