Her eyes roll up to the sky as she says, in exasperation, "Jesus H. Christ, Meghan." If you've ever stubbed your toe, gotten really frustrated with a family member, or fallen while walking down a ...

Though the Bible says a lot about Jesus Christ, it says very little about what he actually looked like. And it took centuries after his death before artists began creating depictions of him ...

An archaeologist has shared recently gathered evidence that Khirbet Qana, an excavation site in Israel, is the true location ...

The latest issue of The New Yorker includes an essay by Adam Gopnik, “We’re Still Not Done With Jesus,” on the scholarly debates about the origins of Christianity. In the piece, Gopnik ...

These efforts to write miracle-free biographies of Jesus—summed up in 1906 by Albert Schweitzer in his classic The Quest of the Historical Jesus—ended in failure.

A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion — so why did many Christians blame Jews for centuries? Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn ...

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.

JESUS OF HISTORY V. CHRIST OF FAITH Today there are many scholars who are looking for the historical Jesus. Not a new endeavor, but certainly with a great new impetus provided by these new sources.

The assertion that Jesus was Palestinian is often made in an effort to negate Jewish history.

A British film editor is going viral for using artificial intelligence to imagine famous historical figures such as Jesus, Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII taking selfies.