She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing ...

From a cheeky slingshot to Paul's letters and information on King Nebuchadnezzar, new research is offering insight into some ...

The importance of the Bible in the culture of the world should not need to be spelled out. The Jewish and Christian Scriptures, flowing together as they do, have for two thousand years flooded into ...

Historical science came into its maturity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This does not mean that all the problems of a scientific historiography were settled, but at least the historians ...

With Easter Sunday a month away, it’s not surprising that a cable network is giving us another series about Jesus Christ. What more can you say, though? In “Jesus: His Life,” premiering Monday night ...

The issue of indulgences was central during the period of the Protestant Revolt in the 16th century. First, let's look at the biblical rationale for an indulgence, and then delve a bit into the ...