The video traces the name Jesus backward through English, Latin, Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew with historical linguist Dr. Benjamin Suchard. Jesus was a Galilean Jewish man living in a predominantly ...

This three-part article examines the evidence against three men pivotal in the death of Jesus. Was it an execution or murder, and who was responsible? No trial or execution in history has had such a ...

What would first-century Jews have thought when they saw a man heal cripples and still storms? An extract from The Miracles of Jesus explains the cultural relevance, and the deeper Biblical meaning, ...

The Appalachian Christmas carol “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head” was collected from Hardin County in central Kentucky in the early 20th century but, as with so many other folk carols and hymns, the song ...

Jesus of Nazareth from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. This style of artwork and depiction of Jesus is very common in ancient churches in the Holy Land. Photo courtsey of author. There is a ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

When it comes to weirdness, Jesus Christ has nothing on his old man. While Yahweh was looking for excuses to drunkenly wrestle Moses, Jesus was usually preaching about love, tolerance and forgiveness.

THE CONVERSATION via AP — Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some Christian biblical sources, was born in this town some two ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white. At least ...