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    (Fox)
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    Ruthless Viewing

    Fall TV’s new shows, including Of Kings and Prophets, American Horror Story: Hotel and the mega-hit Empire, rely on Old Testament motifs

    byRachel Shukert
  • (Jonathon Rosen)
    (Jonathon Rosen)
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    Calvin and Sobs

    A frigid winter, a sick dog, and an iPhone app called Pocket God prompt thoughts of John Calvin and an escape to the Caribbean. But can paradise make reality any less miserable?

    byShalom Auslander
  • A billboard of an open Bible stands next to a Amish schoolhouse August 7, 2002 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    A billboard of an open Bible stands next to a Amish schoolhouse August 7, 2002 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    Known and Unknown

    Americans say that the Bible is central to them—a divine instruction manual for life on earth. How is it, then, a new book asks, that they know so little of it?

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Sen. Joe Lieberman yesterday.(Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images)
    Sen. Joe Lieberman yesterday.(Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images)
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    Is Today’s NYT Column Anti-Semitic?

    A friend says yes; I merely marvel at Lieberman’s effect on Jews

    byMarc Tracy
  • Left to right: Sebastian Stan as Jack Benjamin, Allison Miller as Michelle Benjamin, Susanna Thompson as Queen Rose Benjamin, Ian McShane as King Silas Benjamin, Chris Egan as David Shepherd(NBC Photo: Andrew Eccles)
    Left to right: Sebastian Stan as Jack Benjamin, Allison Miller as Michelle Benjamin, Susanna Thompson as Queen Rose Benjamin, Ian McShane as King Silas Benjamin, Chris Egan as David Shepherd(NBC Photo: Andrew Eccles)
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    Heir Apparent

    NBC’s Kings is a modern-day telling of the story of David

    byMichael Weiss
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