THE PASSION AND THE DEATH OF Jesus, which Christians celebrate this week, may well be the world's best-known story. For believers, it is the core of Christian faith and identity, the drama that gives ...
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 issue.
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” Actually, these times try the souls of women and men, especially people of faith. This current historical moment presents this challenge: Do we really ...
For the last 2,000 years, many have tried to deny the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. The reason is that people understand that the resurrection validates the Man and His message. If Jesus rose, ...
Recent archaeological findings in Jerusalem are bringing Bible stories to life. New scientific evidence about Jesus’ burial site has emerged. Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...
Why Jesus? This is the inescapable question presented by J. M. Coetzee’s “Jesus trilogy,” which began in 2013 with “The Childhood of Jesus,” continued in 2016 with “The Schooldays of Jesus,” and now, ...
Millions of Christians worldwide today are observing one of the most somber moments of their faith. Good Friday commemorates the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth more than 2,000 ...
Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a “misreading” that has often come back to haunt Jews come Easter time. Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican ...