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For many people who celebrate it, Passover brings to mind memories of Seder meals with family and reading from the Haggadah, the script for the Seder ritual, which commemorates the biblical story of ...

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So, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the "I Am" statements of Jesus in the New Testament book of John actually have a ...

An expert who specialises in the area of ancient manuscripts has claimed an ancient Egyptian scroll provides evidence which ...

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During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...