It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi Angel’s ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

Those people who argue that print is dead just don’t understand the business model. A tiny book of psalms, printed in Colonial America in 1640 -- when digital referred to nothing more than fingers and ...

Though not reckoned as a scripture scholar in any conventional sense, Robert Alter has affected the study of the Hebrew Bible in immense ways. His influence stems primarily from two remarkable books, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what’s now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a ...

Boston’s Old South Church is selling a copy of the historic volume. Here’s why it’s such a big deal. The main thing you need to know right now about the Bay Psalm Book is that a copy of it is up for ...

In a hidden corner of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, inside a box with a false title (to ward off thieves), lies a book of legendary rarity. A recent appraiser from Sotheby’s ...

A small book of psalms, printed in New England not long after the voyage of the Mayflower, is expected to break the record for most expensive text ever sold at auction Published in 1640, the Bay Psalm ...

The world’s most valuable book sold Tuesday for $14.16 million at Sotheby’s in New York, according to the auction house. The rare Bay Psalm Book is the first book ever written and printed in what is ...