The first chemist that we know of is a woman: about 3000 years ago, Tappūtī-bēlat-ekalle was head perfumer in ancient Assyria ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message released Saturday morning that the attacks will let ...

Enrigue’s new novel, “Now I Surrender,” weaves past and present in a baroque anti-Western set in contested borderlands.

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last ...

Disturbing images released in the Epstein files showing passages from Nabokov’s infamous novel written on bodies exemplify a world where women and girls are treated as objects for consumption.

The Torah reading this Shabbat, like a significant subset of Shabbatot throughout the year, contains two different facets. The first is the reading that is next in line within the ...

Nineveh was eventually destroyed by its enemies. But the people who listened to Jonah on that day—those who showed a “heart ...

British elites and wannabes behave badly in Elizabeth Day's sharp new novel, "One of Us." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Day about her privileged and deeply flawed characters.

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.