(RNS) — State officials in the South have recently reignited debates over teaching religion in public schools, with Oklahoma’s superintendent of schools issuing a mandate for schools to teach the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. Using ...

A revised required reading list for Texas public schools moved closer to adoption Friday after receiving preliminary approval ...

Israeli archaeologists announced the historic discovery of remnants of biblical texts in Israel on Tuesday. Experts from the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments, ...

For generations, debates over biblical history have moved between faith traditions and academic circles, often resting on fragments of text and scattered archaeological finds. That tension continues ...

Texas is considering adding Biblical passages to required K-12 reading lists and revising social studies standards, sparking ...

Genetic clues extracted from slivers of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls are helping to piece together related scroll remnants and reveal the diverse origins of these ancient texts, including a book of the ...