Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

An exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum charts the influence and allure of the Book of Psalms across religions and cultures during the Middle Ages.

Though not reckoned as a scripture scholar in any conventional sense, Robert Alter has affected the study of the Hebrew Bible in immense ways. His influence stems primarily from two remarkable books, ...

As the 20 living hostages return, faith plays a pivotal role in their survival and reunion. From prayers in captivity to ...

The Book of Psalms provides most of the biblical texts for the response to the first reading. Though called the ...

The Book of Psalms can teach people how to pray and is the “prayer book ‘par excellence,’” Pope Benedict XVI said in his June 22 audience with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. “These inspired songs ...

Christians have sung, chanted, and prayed Psalms for more than two thousand years – a practice of worship inherited from our Jewish ancestors in the faith. We pray them during Mass, the Liturgy of the ...

In times like these we need to turn ourselves frequently to the Psalms. In them there is an intoxication with “the world above the world,” an acknowledgment of God at every step, a quest of the soul ...

The New York Times best-selling author finds Jesus in book compiled centuries before Christ's birth. "There are two ways to read the Bible," Keller says. "The one way to read the Bible is that it’s ...

Some young women sang melodies they knew well. Some composed as they chanted. Some read. Some relied on memory, and all used Hebrew and English. They were students from Stern College, the women's ...

The book, a special-edition, leather-bound Book of Psalms translated in its entirety to Zelensky's native Ukrainian, was given to him for his 45th birthday. Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky reads ...