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 ...

Our understanding of the historical figure of Jesus relies primarily on the writings of the New Testament. As a general rule, it is assumed that the canonical Gospels, being the earliest in terms ...

The black-and-white thinking in our politics brings to mind a skill that the state of Texas requires me to teach my college ...

The question of the historical Jesus returned to headlines in the late 1980s for a very different reason: a movie. As Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ was denounced by believers, ...

What can Jesus tells us through his life and recorded teachings, not through the elaboration of various Christian denominations? Today, there is renewed interest in the “historical Jesus” by ...

The Jesus Seminar found no historical basis for Gospel stories such as Jesus walking on the water, rebuking the wind and calming the sea, multiplying the loaves and fishes to feed the multitude ...

Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.

Like others in Judea and Egypt, where Jesus briefly lived, the historical Jesus likely had dark hair, tan skin, and brown eyes. (This image matches up with Neave’s forensic reconstruction.) ...

But historical Jesus work matters, and it matters a lot. Here is why. Contrary to what Scot suggested, no one claims that historical Jesus work gives us or seeks to give us an uninterpreted Jesus.

Quests for the historical Jesus come and go, but no sooner are postmortems pronounced for one than another quest in a new form seems to rise.