Even people who don’t think Jesus was God mostly believe they know a fair bit about him. You might be surprised that some of your most basic assumptions about Jesus are probably wrong.

The New Testament Gospels were written long after Jesus would have died, and no technology existed with which to record his teachings in real time, unless he wrote them down himself, which he didn ...

As TIME reported in a 1963 story about rising theological interest in historical investigation, Christian efforts to uncover the historical truth of the life of Jesus Christ date back to the ...

In my own view, the earliest layer of evidence is still an interpretation, so what we can know is only the range of interpretations that we first encounter in Jesus' traditions. And that is really ...

The herd of now possessed pigs rush into the sea and drown, a costly loss for a poor community. How did the villagers repay ...

A recent papyrus that referenced Jesus' wife caused an uproar. it may be a hoax, but what do we really know about the historical truth of the early life of Jesus? Even the gospels disagree.

What We Know About When Jesus Was Actually Born 4 minute read Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of baby Jesus as he leads the Christmas night Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on ...

In Jesus' time, Sepphoris bustled as a vibrant urban center, marked by its grand Roman-style architecture. While the Gospels ...

How much do we really know about the day-to-day in Jesus' time? What people ate, how they flirted, how they stayed clean? Scott Korb takes on that question in Life In Year One: What the World Was ...

The prophetess Anna also appeared in the temple at that time and spoke about Jesus’ messianic mission (1:36-38). Not only did Mary and Joseph know full well Who Jesus was, but also all who heard ...

Chicago • The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white. At ...

Find today’s readings here. Jesus then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” (Jn 21:16) When was the ...