The Hebrew name יהושע yehoshuaʿ,* was pronounced yeshu in Galilee; becoming Iesus or Jesus in Greek-Latin. The form Yeshu was probably common among the Jews at that time, but was discontinued ...

“Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that ...

Years back, a Hebrew Christian approached me, arguing that his belief in Jesus grew from the story of the Binding of Isaac, called the Akeidah in Hebrew. Jesus, he suggested, was able to do what Isaac ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, believed by Christians to be the messiah, the son of God and the second person in the Trinity. For some Jews, the name alone is nearly synonymous with ...

Presenter: Michael Simone, S.J. The library of books we call the Hebrew Bible or the "Old Testament" was the only bible Jesus knew, but modern Christians often struggle to make sense of it. The ...

Six cowboys of the apocalypse rode into Grants Pass, Oregon, where the community leaders threw them a big party. They came to announce poverty is not a protected class. It can’t be. Impoverished ...

Presenter: Michael Simone, S.J. The library of books we call the Hebrew Bible or the "Old Testament" was the only bible Jesus knew, but modern Christians often struggle to make sense of it. The ...