The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to ...

"The gospels are very peculiar types of literature. They're not biographies," says Prof. Paula Fredriksen, "they are a kind of religious advertisement. What they do is proclaim their individual ...

I am happy because I feel happy, God makes me happy. I don’t have anything to blame on the Lord, not even when bad things ...

The story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem by donkey is recorded in all four Gospels. Yet it’s the second entry into Jerusalem that may bookend Jesus’ life.

Read our latest issue or browse back issues. The story goes like this. In the earliest Christian centuries, a great many writings about Jesus circulated, and the number of claimed gospels might have ...

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They had unearthed several early Christian texts including gospels of Thomas, Philip and Mary that had been buried away for around 1,600 years. These gospels were some of the many alternative ...