Since 1989, for example, the Gideons have handed out 56 million copies of the Bible or New Testament in countries of Eastern Europe, now open to outsiders. “Mongolia opened up just two weeks ago.

For the first time, an inscription from the time of the Biblical Judges, and even relating to the Book of Judges, has been recovered from excavations at Khirbat er-Ra‘i, near Qiryat Gat. The ...

The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Long before cable television, spa treatments and eco-friendly soaps and shampoos became staples in hotel rooms, there was the Bible — the Gideon Bible.