The life and death of Mary, Queen of Scots, continue to fascinate almost 500 years after her reign. Crowned queen of Scotland at just six days old, the Stuart monarch’s tenure was marked by conflicts ...

Scholars are calling a rare Hebrew text dating back to the 9th century the earliest known Jewish prayer book, predating the world's oldest Torah scroll. The 50-page book is 4.3 inches tall and about 4 ...

Carl Jung famously said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” On a recent three-hour flight—which turned into a 12-hour layover nightmare—I ...

A precious object finds its way home. By Ken Schlager It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur is the Hebrew word for ...

Charles Hefling and Cynthia Shattuck, eds. Oxford University Press Nothing illustrates the evolution of Anglicanism more than the changing role of the Book of Common Prayer. For centuries the prayer ...

Mary, Queen of Scots' gold leaf prayer book is expected to fetch up to £350,000 at auction next month. The hand-painted book dates back to the 16th century and would have been kept close by the devout ...

The personal prayer book of King Richard III — in which the English king likely scrawled a reminder of his birthday in his own hand — is now available to peruse online. Leicester Cathedral digitized ...

While this is a brilliant book, it's not quite the one its subtitle leads the reader to expect. "The Book of Common Prayer and the Elizabethan Age" seems to suggest a history of the making and ...