Leon Kass, best known for his work in the field of bioethics, including his service on President Bush’s Council, has established himself also as a formidable interpreter of the Bible. In 2003, he published his commentary on the Book of Genesis, a volume that gathered accolades from many reviewers. . . . . Continue Reading »
Each biblical embrace suggests that we never truly know the power of physical affection and attention. Continue Reading »
Imprecatory psalms ground us in the real world, counteracting our instinct for over-spiritualized, anodyne, Pollyannaish piety. Continue Reading »
Of the making of Bibles, it seems, there is no end. When I was growing up in the eighties and nineties, there were three dominant translations: Mainline Protestants had the Revised Standard Version (the major American Bible in the Tyndale–King James tradition), and then the . . . . Continue Reading »
Intentionally or not, The Ickabog may be the most serious literary indictment of the mass response to the COVID-19 epidemic published to date. Continue Reading »
By turning water to wine, Jesus reveals that he comes to transform the old order, with its purity rules, into a new order of joyful celebration. Continue Reading »
American Bible publishers can best preserve Americans’ First Amendment rights—and their own reputations—by immediately shifting their printing out of China. Continue Reading »
The Bible insists that our knowledge of the moral law—and our violation of it—renders us guilty before God. Continue Reading »
Abraham’s hope and Job’s despair grow from the same soil; they are alternative stances toward death. Continue Reading »
Daniel Taylor’s novel Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees asks readers who believe that the Bible really is “the Word of God” to think carefully about what that entails. Continue Reading »
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