Scot McKnight is right to insist that the Gospels rather than scholars’ speculations are where we encounter Jesus. I myself recently argued in The Historical Jesus of the Gospels that the Gospel ...

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 ...

PLATTSBURGH — The Adult Education Program of the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church hosts John Dominic Crossan on Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Crossan’s topic, “The Execution of Jesus,” ...

SYDNEY >> Did a man called Jesus of Nazareth walk the earth? Discussions over whether the figure known as the “Historical Jesus” actually existed primarily reflect disagreements among atheists.

Currently making the news is a report on a reconstruction of what is being called Jesus’s face. The reconstruction, by British anatomical artist Richard Neave, is actually more than a decade old, but ...

During this time of the year, the most wonderful time of the year, sometimes I wonder why the entire world is getting excited about Christmas. Is it because Jesus was born one holy night in a little ...

L. Michael White is Professor of Classics and Director of the newly formed Religious Studies program at the University of Texas, Austin. He served as Principal Historical Adviser and Editorial ...

It sounds like a strategy meeting with the campaign team: “Whom do men say that I am?” Staff members start tossing out responses from the latest polling: “Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some ...