It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi Angel’s ...

Though not reckoned as a scripture scholar in any conventional sense, Robert Alter has affected the study of the Hebrew Bible in immense ways. His influence stems primarily from two remarkable books, ...

The world’s most valuable book sold Tuesday for $14.16 million at Sotheby’s in New York, according to the auction house. The rare Bay Psalm Book is the first book ever written and printed in what is ...

Boston’s Old South Church is selling a copy of the historic volume. Here’s why it’s such a big deal. The main thing you need to know right now about the Bay Psalm Book is that a copy of it is up for ...

The Prayer Book of St. Thomas More, which he had with him in the Tower of London as he awaited his execution. Credit: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University When beauty and ...

The first book written in what is today the United States of America fetched A$15.6 million in New York on Tuesday, becoming the world's most expensive printed book sold at auction. The ' Bay Psalm ...

They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer, by Patrick D. Miller (Fortress). Though billed as a study of biblical prayer, this is the most helpful and comprehensive study of the ...

Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog. The approximately 20 ...

A rare copy of the first book printed in what is now the United States of America may sell for as much as $30 million when it comes up for auction in November, according to Sotheby’s. Congregational ...