These writers presented Jesus as a real historical person. Denying the reliability of these sources in connection to Jesus would cast serious suspicion on the rest of ancient history. Now these ...

those who believe the wonder-working Jesus of the Gospels is the real Jesus, and those who think the real Jesus—the man who inspired the myth—hides below the surface of the Gospels and must be ...

These gospels were some of the many alternative books about Jesus that weren't included in the Christian Bible. They had been side-lined by the early church as it worked out what became the ...

The latest issue of The New Yorker includes an essay by Adam Gopnik, “We’re Still Not Done With Jesus,” on the scholarly debates about the origins of Christianity. In the piece, Gopnik ...

As a poor Jewish man, the real Jesus would have not had a fancypants title, but would’ve instead been referred to by his ...

That means Jesus' real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen. The most obvious reason that Jesus' name wouldn't have sounded like the English version of 'Jesus' is that he wouldn't have spoken English.

For example, Catholic Christians believe that the miracle of transubstantiation take place during the Eucharist, where the bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. This month’s cover story, “What Archaeology Is Telling Us About the Real Jesus,” does what people have been ...