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Over the centuries, perhaps no volume of poetry has claimed the devotion of so many people across the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and also inspired the creation of artistic ...

In the center of the room, under glass, a Hebrew Bible lies open to the Book of Psalms. Gold leaf glimmers on the borders; red dragons grasp a blue shield while green and blue birds perch on curling ...

Tucked within the rolling hills of northwest Missouri is the campus of Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has been part of this landscape since 1873. Abbot Gregory Polan, Conception’s ...

Pamela Greenberg turned to the Book of Psalms during a dark time in her life. To help combat depression she flipped through the ancient songs in Hebrew, taking time to translate the ones that spoke ...

Norman Fischer has dedicated his life to Buddhism, rising to the position of abbot at the San Francisco Zen Center. But he was born a Jew and grew up chanting the Psalms in Hebrew. Once he learned the ...