Israel thus created four independent strains ... early Christians believed that the Hebrew Bible was God's book, and therefore a book that should cast light on current events and moral conundrums.

In the original Jewish order of the Bible, the Book of Chronicles (including 1 and 2 Chronicles ... the same way that 1 Chronicles starts off this history of God’s work in Israel; with a genealogy.

In a new exhibit opening Tuesday, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. has unveiled what it says is the oldest Jewish book ever discovered. According to the museum’s dramatic claim ...