To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

The Bible mentions the Book of Jasher twice. The Book of Jasher was lost sometime in antiquity, and no mention of it appears ...

With the new Trump tariff wars, I fear the stock market will tank, and my retirement savings will be gone Are you advising ...

Christianity moves toward nihilism, Ellul argued, when we see “the transforming of a living movement of relationship into an achieved and definite situation.” Ellul said that this kind of “freezing” ...

Genesis 3 suggests that eating the fruit from the Tree of Life gave eternal life. After the Fall, God prevented access to the ...

Strauss offered a new, mythographical reading of the Gospels, discounting the historical veracity of the miracles attributed ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

By R.A. MathewsHis birthday was last week, and he was delighted to show me the necklace he had been given by a friend. In ...

By R.A. Mathews His birthday was last week, and he was delighted to show me the necklace he had been given by a friend. In ...

In House of David, the giants are living in a cave and mostly hiding from human society until Achish finds them and forges an ...

Do they succeed? Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution. Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Edna ...

Elaine Pagels remains fascinated by the mysteries of Jesus after decades of study. In her latest book, she revels in the ...