Few ancient lives have left as many fingerprints on the modern world and yet remained so hard to fix on a single, stable ...

Ever notice how the Bible gives us a pretty detailed account of Jesus’ birth, then suddenly skips ahead to his ministry at ...

Survey academic historians on the most important events in history and, regardless of their personal beliefs, they inevitably tend to list the execution of a Jewish carpenter some time around 33 AD as ...

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Theological trends in Protestant divinity schools seem to come and go almost before laymen have time to find out what they are all about. Hardly was liberalism enthroned in the seminaries when ...

I enjoyed Scot McKnight’s piece on the Historical Jesus, because much of it is important to say. Historical Jesus work is often deconstructive (the key word here is often). History at its best is ...

Pope Benedict XVI dedicated today's audience to St. Paul's relationship to the so-called "historical" Jesus. The Holy Father reminded the faithful that for Paul, "Jesus is alive, speaks for us and ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started celebrating his birth.

Like every Christmas for the past 2 years, celebrities and activists have increasingly claimed that Jesus Christ was “Palestinian.” The assertion is rarely presented as a historical inquiry. It ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: History adds to its already extensive collection of Biblical content with its new eight-part series Jesus: His Life. Premiering tonight (March 25), the new program ...

What race was Jesus of Nazareth, one of the most consequential figures in the history of the world? Nobody can say for certain, but based on recent comments by the head of the Church of England, it is ...