Museum of the Bible

Response · January 22, 2018
A Museum for the Bible in a Religiously Diverse Land
By Jon D. Levenson
There is no neutral or "universal" way to read—or exhibit—the Bible. What, then, can an American museum of the Bible strive to accomplish?
Response · January 15, 2018
The Bible Has Long Deserved a Museum. Now it Finally Has One.
By Peter Wehner
Anyone expecting to find a politicized museum dedicated to hot-button “culture-war” issues needs to look elsewhere than the new Museum of the Bible.
Response · January 8, 2018
Biblical Illiteracy = Cultural Illiteracy
By Edward Rothstein
The Bible molded modern English and shaped American society and culture. Now, as attacks on the Museum of the Bible suggest, it has been cripplingly tossed aside.
Monthly Essay · January 2, 2018
Who’s Afraid of the Museum of the Bible?
By Diana Muir Appelbaum
Critics accuse it of threatening the separation of church and state; in truth, Washington's new museum makes an invaluable contribution to American (and Jewish) cultural literacy.