517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha ... common knowledge among scholars that Daniel suffers from similar glaring historical ...

The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery and Murder' is as suspenseful and dire as the Disney movie is idyllic.

By Amanda Hess The Books Readers Loved in 2024 Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world. A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender ...

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

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ...

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Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.

In keeping with our annual tradition, we asked three of our critics for their favorite books of the last year. Between them, they chose 15 books, three of them reissues, and the majority fiction.

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

I expect it is Protestant audiences that will be most concerned with that question: While familiar elements from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide some of the narrative structure, the film makes ...