Christians who believe in a divine Son of God Messiah, do not draw a distinction between the Hebrew Bible’s eschatological hopes for God’s glorious future age of world wide peace and justice, and an ...

The Jewish creators of Superman were not focused on Jesus. So why has this superhero become so widely embraced as a ...

The black-and-white thinking in our politics brings to mind a skill that the state of Texas requires me to teach my college ...

Nazareth was a tiny and largely unknown area in the northern part of Israel. For some inexplicable reasons, Nazareth was largely seen as a place where nothing good or worthy of envy can come from.

The wreck now lies on the floor of a small harbor on the island of Nosy Boraha off the northeast coast of Madagascar, which ...

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.

Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican document rejecting the traditional accusation that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus – I assumed it was a settled ...

After Joseph and Mary's betrothal, Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In Jesus' time, Sepphoris bustled as a vibrant urban center, marked by its ...

Scientists say that the name of Christianity's central figure wasn't originally Jesus Christ -- he went by another title in his mother tongue that's nothing like today's iteration.

The procession of the Jesus Nazareno image started its slow procession from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church early Thursday morning.