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How do we read R. Crumb’s “The Book of Genesis Illustrated”? It seems a contradiction: a sober reconstruction by a man who admits he “[does] not believe that the Bible is ‘the word of God.’ ” And yet, ...

Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis, by John R. Coats, is pretty much a self-explanatory book by the title alone. Coats examines the first book of the Bible through a new set of eyes.

LOS ANGELES – His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, ...

A couple of months ago it occurred to me that having a copy of the Bible on my portable reading device would be convenient, given that citations turn up in even the most secular of texts. And as ...

There is no other book that looms over Western culture in quite the same way as the Bible’s opening act. Its continuing life among observant Jews and Christians, and its equally vibrant afterlife ...

Book critics may be digging R. Crumb's illustrated tome "The Book of Genesis," which was released today, but several religious organizations have unsurprisingly taken offense to the comic artist's ...

There was a hymn we used to sing when I was a child, one of those lusty, murderous chants characteristic of the Anglican Church in its high-Victorian pomp. Written in 1894, it vibrates with imperial ...

Let there be darkness! When the somewhat lurid graphic novel The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb debuted last October, it was an instant sensation. Now fans have a chance to check out all 207 ...

Charles Henry Mackintoshs Notes on the Book of Genesis offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the biblical text, providing readers with a deep understanding of the foundational book of the ...