“Nearly all critical scholars agree at least on those points about the historical Jesus,” Bart D. Ehrman wrote, even as the ...

In a church in Southern England one can visit the tomb of a certain Sarah Fletcher who—according to her epitaph—died “a martyr of excessive sensibility.” This high-sounding phrase conceals the ...

In her new book, “Miracles and Wonder,” Elaine Pagels tries to find the man behind the faith. By Jack Hanson Jack Hanson is a writer and editor and a scholar of religion, literature and culture. When ...

On a Zoom call from her neat, book-lined home office in Princeton, New Jersey, Elaine Pagels explains how her latest book, “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” differs from her ...

Jesus Christ is a central figure in Christianity, with his life story forming the foundation of the New Testament in the Bible. Depending on your beliefs, Jesus can be viewed as either the Messiah or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Painting depicting transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain. Artist ...

Two events stand on firmer historical ground than almost anything else in Jesus’ life: a baptism and a Roman execution. That narrow certainty is what makes Jesus of Nazareth such a compelling figure ...