“His name would probably have been in Aramaic: Yeshua.” That innocuous sentence, which Professor Dineke Houtman has provided, is a silent subversion: the common English term of address, “Jesus,” was ...

A rare 16th-century Italian Rennaisance portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola is the surprise star of New York's annual Winter Show.

... advocates for preservation of indigenous languagesIn a historic milestone, the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has announced the production of Africa's first complete Sign Language Bible, placing ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

Forget Brexit and the 'cream first' debate - the real bone of contention that separates both locals and visitors to Devon is the pronunciation of our notoriously tricky place names. One can often ...