Our bodies and our biblical interpretations seem to be involved in a long-running, secret affair. The implications may be both liberating and scandalous.

Science and religion are still doing a wary dance around each other.

70 miles east of Rome is a spectacular Roman period city.

So famous was the Greek and Roman city of Butrint that the poet Virgil called it “Troy in miniature.”

The rock-cut theater of Sutri, Italy

The Negev—The southern stage for biblical history

The Carmel—formidable barrier and wedge into the sea

Starting with aleph

Adding vowels