Challenge today is to extricate the historical, fully human Mary from theological baggage heaped upon her over centuries ...

As a man from Nazareth, Jesus most spoke Aramaic - a language that emerged in Syria and shares some similarities with Hebrew. Some have suggested that Jesus' Aramaic name was 'Isho' - a version of ...

Since Hebrew has no vowels, NZR can mean “branch.” Thus, Mark mistook traditions about Jesus being a branch of David to mean that he must have come from a village called Nazareth. Or as ...

"Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews". Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

From time to time sensational claims that the Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran anticipated the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus ... that “the Hebrew verb used ...

Dr Lawrence Mykytiuk, a specialist in Hebrew studies from Purdue University, told MailOnline: 'We have many very good reasons to accept the real, historical existence of Jesus of Nazareth.' ...

Marguerat, author of Vie et Destin de Jésus de Nazareth ("Life and Destiny ... researchers to conclude that Jesus probably spoke Greek in addition to Hebrew – the liturgical language ...

(That’s “Jesus, son of Joseph” or “Jesus of Nazareth.”) Galileans distinguished themselves from others with the same first name by adding either “son of” and their father’s name ...

Good Friday commemorates the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth more than 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem. At first glance, Good Friday seems like the ultimate misnomer.