The Polyglot Politics of Pentecost
by Peter J. LeithartPentecost sounds like a repeat of Babel, but, unlike Babel, Pentecostal tongues communicate rather than confuse. Continue Reading »
The Battle Over the Museum of the Bible
by Charlotte AllenThe Museum of the Bible is speaking to a lot of people—particularly those who are deemed beneath the attention of the educated elite. Continue Reading »
A Museum for Which to Be Thankful
by George WeigelThree blocks from the U.S. Capitol, we now have a striking witness to the enduring power of the Word of God: the Museum of the Bible. Continue Reading »
The Academic Advantages of the Bible
by William JeynesAmerica’s schools cannot claim that their graduates are well educated unless they have knowledge of the Bible. Continue Reading »
Thus Saith the Lord
by Nathaniel PetersOne Sunday in high school, we went to the Anglo-Catholic parish where my headmaster served as an assistant priest. Catechized by evangelical Episcopalians and Presbyterians, I believed that the Bible was divinely inspired by God. But I had never seen it treated as such in a physical or ritual way. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Gospel According to
David Bentley
by Paul V. Mankowski
The New Testament: A Translation by david bentley hart yale, 616 pages, $35 David Bentley Hart’s new single-handed translation of the New Testament will strike the fair-minded reader by turns as startling, incisive, audacious, smug, shrewd, and quirky to the point of exasperation: everything, in . . . . Continue Reading »
Difficult Translation
by Donald AntenenWhile technically excellent, Sarah Ruden’s newest translation is a little too literal. Continue Reading »
Jehu on a Donkey
by Peter J. LeithartJehu is one of those hyper-violent Old Testament characters who make Christians uncomfortable. What could he possibly have in common with Jesus? Continue Reading »
The Bible and Colonial America
by Glenn MootsMark Noll’s reliance on a reductive caricature of Protestant political theology causes him to give a false impression of how most colonial American Protestants deployed sacred and secular sources in their political thought. Continue Reading »
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