Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

The fifth mystery is depicted in art by the 19th-century British pre-Raphaelite painter, William Holman Hunt. Most people know him for his famous painting, “The Light of the World,” where Jesus stands ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

For an archaeologist turned journalist like me, ever mindful that entire cultures rose and fell and left few traces of their time on Earth ... to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth was a religious ...

It might be one of the most famous names on Earth, but experts say that 'Jesus' wasn't the real name of Christianity's ...

Since God would send prophets to a rebellious people, Israel, to a nation that has rebelled against him (Ez 2:4), the life of a prophet was never an easy one. In condemning corruption and oppression, ...

As people of faith, we have a responsibility to see the Divine in each of God’s children. To me, that means treating them with dignity and respect, no matter what we’ve been told to believe about ...

Forty-nine years before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy. They ...

“However, given his family background in Nazareth ... In addition, “Jesus” with a hard “J” didn’t exist during the time he lived — “J” wouldn’t appear in written language ...

His full name at the time would have been, Yeshu Narazene, as per ancient Aramaic. Since Jesus is referred to throughout the Bible as 'Jesus of Nazareth' or 'Jesus the Nazarene' it's possible he ...