The heavily eroded painting is now thought to be the oldest representation of Jesus Christ found so far in Israel, and one of the very few images from that time that shows details of his face.

Morgan, professor of religious studies at Duke University in North Carolina, agrees. Some of the earliest images of Jesus showed him “with very dark skin and possibly African,” he said.

“It didn’t make sense that this picture was of this white guy,” she said. Carr isn’t the first to question Sallman’s image of Jesus and the impact it’s had not only on theology but ...

A team of Spanish archaeologists have discovered an image of what they believe is the earliest known depiction of Jesus Christ. The image is painted on to the wall of an underground stone ...

The Megiddo Mosaic also included some of the earliest images of fish, which experts believe reference the story in Luke 9:16 when Jesus multiplied two fish to feed a crowd of 5,000 people.

the 5-year-old Jesus clapped his hands and brought the clay figures to life. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas describes Jesus’ childhood, but it is not included in the Bible. Getty Images ...

The earliest images of Jesus Christ emerged in the first through third centuries A.D., amidst concerns about idolatry. They were less about capturing the actual appearance of Christ than about ...

A newly-deciphered manuscript dating back more than 1,600 years has been identified as the earliest known account of Jesus Christ’s childhood. The manuscript, written on papyrus in either the ...