A HISTORY OF THE BIBLE: The Story of the World's Most Influential Book, by John Barton. Viking, 613 pp., $35. The Bible sits on the shelf like any other book. Open it up, though, and it ...

A History of the Bible: The Story of the World’s Most Influential Book, by John Barton. Viking. 640 pages. $35. The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts, by Karen Armstrong. Knopf. 624 ...

Longtime Stanford University law professor John H. Barton, of Los Altos, died Monday at Stanford Hospital from brain injuries suffered in a bicycle accident on July 14, the university has announced.

St. Thomas More junior wide receiver John Barton almost had an extraordinary night. As it turned out, it was more than big enough. Barton and the top-seeded Cougars rolled to a 49-0 victory over ...

John Barton, a director who helped Peter Hall start the Royal Shakespeare Co. and was widely regarded as one of the theater world’s foremost interpreters of Shakespeare, died on Thursday in West ...