Imagine, then, how precious centuries-old manuscripts are ... where he discovered more than 300 parchment leaves of the Old Testament and New Testament in Greek dating back to the 4th century.

The surviving documents offer a rare glimpse into the intellectual and spiritual life of the region across centuries.

The word “rock” prompts me to write about its meaning in the Old Testament and next week in the New. Regarding the 1 Corinthians passage, I was intrigued by the phrase “that rock was Christ ...

Martin Kauffman, head of early and rare collections at the Bodleian, said it was an early example of the New Testament ... of the old Bodleian". Later in the year, the manuscript will go back ...