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Religious leader dies attempting 40 day and 40 night Jesus fast from the Bible

Francisco Barajah, founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in Mozambique, attempted to emulate what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible by fasting for 40 days

Daily Mirror

World's oldest Hebrew Bible expected to sell for record-breaking $50 million

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old is set to fetch a record-breaking price when it goes up for auction in New York in May, Sotheby's auction house announced this week.

Radio France Internationale

Ancient copy of Hebrew Bible expected to fetch up to £41.5m at auction

Codex Sassoon, which dates back to the ninth or tenth century, is due to come up for auction in May for the first time in more than 30 years.

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When in Doubt, Consult the Bible?

Writer Amity Shlaes had an interesting review of Ken Burns's The U.S. and the Holocaust in City Journal; I have no informed opinion on the review generally, but I was puzzled by one item: It is in the second episode that the filmmakers turn to Franklin Roosevelt, the only president…

Reason

Oldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records

Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50m

The Guardian - UK

King Charles' coronation oil 'secretly concocted for 8 months on housing estate in Hull'

Retired church minister and pharmacist Mark Hutton spent months getting items from an ancient list of ingredients based on a recipe in the Bible ready for King Charles' coronation in May

Daily Mirror

The promise of "engagement chicken"

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach — but what about my heart?

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Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years

Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns up myriad websites offering wedding bands inscribed with the much-loved line. Search Etsy for Valentine’s Day gifts, and you’ll see jewelry, T-shirts and coffee mugs printed with…

The Conversation

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn't a homophobe

Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexuality. He reportedly replied:

The Conversation

Daughter and parents dead on murder-suicide decided to pick date out of Bible verse

Morgan Daub, 26, her father, James, and mother, Deborah, were all found dead in the backyard of their house in York, southern Pennsylvania

Daily Mirror

Presenter Jake Humphrey launches app which saves time for skiers

The SkiYodl app is a bible of everything you need to see, eat, drink and do while you’re in the mountains

Wales Online

Exhibition lays bare Church of England’s links to slave trade

Artefacts on show at Lambeth Palace Library include a ‘slave bible’, with all mention of ‘freedom’ removed

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak must fight hard to stop a Labour win looking inevitable

Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…

Evening Standard

Bible study and work without pay: the shadowy world of sober living homes

In a largely unregulated industry, some residents trying to get sober are made to work 40 hours a week at restaurants – but don’t receive a paycheck

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Five students on church trip die in fiery car crash after devastating pile-up

The students had been headed home to Arkansas, in the US, from Jackson Hole after visiting Jackson Hole Bible College, when they were involved in a deadly pile-up

Tribune News Service

Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wes Moore, placing his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of office Wednesday to become Maryland’s 63rd governor, the state’s first and the country’s only current Black chief executive.

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Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

Wales Online

A Welsh dad's cookbook has become the 'air fryer bible'

David Small starting experimenting with recipes during lockdown

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Draft Bible send Joey Porter Jr. to Vikings in latest mock draft

The Penn State cornerback is going to be a popular selection for the Vikings

The Independent UK

Rare Bible sells for £20,000 at Belfast auction house

The Geneva Bible, which dates back to 1615, sold for almost twice the estimate.

Belfast Live

Geneva bible dating from 1615 to go under hammer in East Belfast

Other items on sale from the same collection are two paintings by the renowned Victorian artist Thomas Sidney Cooper

The Independent UK

Bible dating from 1615 to go under the hammer in Belfast

The Geneva Bible is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £10,000 at auction next week.

The Independent UK

Don Jr mocked by Adam Kinzinger for selling Bibles on social media

The outgoing GOP congressman encourages pastors and priests to ‘rise up and call this out’

Tribune News Service

Facing prison in Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses are waiting in San Diego to see if US will protect them

SAN DIEGO — Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva dresses in some of her nicest clothing to stand on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible.

The Times of India

Rolling Stones honours Lata Mangeshkar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali reacts calling her 'THE best'

Rolling Stones magazine, considered the bible of music-related subjects, has named our jewel in the ‘croon’, the leader of the Sing Sena, Lata Mangeshkar as one of the top 200 singers of all times.

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