According to scholars, the story of Bethlehem, shepherds, wise men, and a manger could have emerged only later, when Christians tried to connect the story of Jesus with ancient Jewish prophecy.
Before we move forward in the investigation of the historical resurrection claim that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead, something more needs to be said about the Gospels, here.
Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, Palestine, in what is now the Israeli Occupied West Bank. The occasion is both solemn and ...
At a time when many millions of Christians around the world continue to be vulnerable to attacks by religious bigots and extremists, it is encouraging that in the modern-day State of Israel, where ...