Looking at an image of a serpent encircling an apple branch, most of us will think of the snake from the Garden of Eden. In popular lore, Adam and Eve’s consumption of the taboo meal from the illicit ...

With its shifting colors and images, Capone’s work suggests different connections to the Book of Genesis — from blank nothingness comes a video “garden” of constant flow, regeneration and change. More ...

Mark Dion, “The Serpent Before the Fall” (2014), installed in ‘Back to Eden’ at the Museum of Biblical Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) In a 1483 German Bible, ...

Pope Francis denounced “fake news” as evil, comparing it to the snake that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. In his annual social communications message, Francis dedicated his missive this year to ...

Pope Francis decried the "evil" of "fake news" in a message marking World Communications Day, saying those who create untruthful stories use "snake tactics." Speaking on Wednesday, January 24, to mark ...

NEW YORK (RNS) If the story of the Garden of Eden is such a common cultural reference point, what more can be said about it? Plenty, at least judging by a new exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art, ...

Pope Francis called the deception of Eve by the "crafty serpent" the original "fake news" in his message for World Communications Day, which aimed at holding journalists accountable and ending the ...