two books of the Maccabees,” reads the Council of Florence’s Old Testament list. (Emphasis added by Check Your Fact.) St.

The term “Old Testament” is a loaded one since it assumes the existence of a “new” testament — an idea Christians and ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill launches his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, starting from the ...

The Old Testament books are grouped in the following manner: 1) Historical books, which are arranged not in the order in which they were written but according to the order of events in time which ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan ...