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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
It might be one of the most famous names on Earth, but experts say that 'Jesus' wasn't the real name of Christianity's ...
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 ...
Pope Francis at the Angelus spoke of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp: ...
Jesus himself and Mary his mother sang on earth as they went ... 50 Tertio Millennio Adveniente, 1994 Nativity: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city ...