THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES: A Translation With Commentary. By Robert Alter. Norton, 1,064 pp. (in slipcase) $39.95. GILGAMESH: A New English Version. By Stephen Mitchell. Free Press, 290 pp. $24. For ...

We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson, out on November 18.While Moses is on the mountaintop communing with God—a ...

If you relate to my question last week of “Why bother reading the Bible?” — then I hope you’ll jump in for a four-week overview of the 66 books in the testaments, both older and newer.

LIFESTYLE Ancient sword from the era of Moses, Book of Exodus uncovered in Egypt The sword, which dates back 3,200 years, was found at a former fort ...

Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns.Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict the ...