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.

Recent findings suggest Jesus' birthplace may differ from tradition, with experts proposing Nazareth or another Bethlehem in ...

Post reporter Caitlin Doornbos hoped to take a break from the war to share the stories of Christians making their pilgrimages ...

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.

It might seem obvious that Jesus was born on December 25 in the town of Bethlehem, but experts say that this version of the ...

Understanding Matthew’s use of prophecy Matthew’s Gospel frequently draws on Old Testament Scriptures to demonstrate that ...

Mary and Joseph had no forethought about what was to happen. They both were young devout Jewish teens enjoying life and their home in Nazareth. Joseph's father was named Jacob and his grandfather was ...

The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

Four suspects, already under investigation, nabbed while attempting to loot artifacts from remote Galilee site linked to ...

The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman ...

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 ...

Inconsistencies in the biblical narrative have fueled skepticism.