Nov. 23—A scrap of paper bearing Greek script led counselor Win Belcher on a decades-long search to piece together an early Christian puzzle. Belcher, a therapist at Oklahoma Families First, earned ...
Historians are occasionally forced to revise their preconceived notions after discovering something hidden in the shadows and dust. Ancient manuscripts are more than just remnants of antiquated ink on ...
The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...
ST. CATHERINE’S, EGYPT - (Reuters) - At St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by low electrical humming, as an early manuscript is ...
An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of ...
Near the end of the 18th century, a Greek monk named Nikodemos was putting together a massive anthology of Byzantine texts on prayer and spirituality, which he would call The Philokalia. He lamented ...
From prophecy and divine communication to medical diagnosis, the ancient Greeks had many theories about why we dream.
The earliest manuscript of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas was found in a German university library after sitting for decades. Greg Rosenke via Unsplash At the Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky State and ...
The prominent religious studies professor retired from UNC after more than 35 years of teaching, writing and inspiring debate ...
The Washington, D.C.-based Museum of the Bible handed over an ancient, handwritten gospel to the Greek Orthodox Church yesterday, the latest move in its ongoing effort to shore up its reputation after ...
One of the most amazing accomplishments of Byzantine monasteries was the miraculous preservation of ancient Greek treasures ...