MOST people who consider themselves Christians will have their own imagined image of Jesus of Nazareth. Few really know who he was, what he did and said, or was reported as having said. Most know ...

God incarnate, rabbi, mystic: who really was Jesus? Since the beginning of critical studies on the Gospels, hundreds of researchers have tried to read between the legends to determine the ...

Pope Leo, who was elected in May to the surprise of close conclave watchers, is the first to hail from the United States in ...

Even C. S. Lewis was skeptical of searches for the "historical Jesus." And why not? Even before Albert Schweitzer published his The Quest of the Historical Jesus in 1906, many Christians bemoaned ...

MOST people who consider themselves Christians will have their own imagined image of Jesus of Nazareth. Few really know who he was, what he did and said, or was reported as having said. Most know him ...

Was Jesus in fact a common name back when he was alive? Many people shared the name. Christ’s given name, commonly Romanized as Yeshua, was quite common in first-century Galilee.

Attempting to extricate the historical, human personality of Mary of Nazareth from the iconic persona built around her from the early Church down to the 21st century is a daunting challenge. Some ...

In “Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth,” Nathanael J. Andrade parses Roman law to explain who was most responsible for Christ’s execution.

From time to time sensational claims that the Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran anticipated the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus have received much notice in the ...

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a “misreading” that has often come back to haunt Jews come Easter time.