Whether identified as Jesus or Yeshua, the story of his birth remains consistent. Born in Bethlehem of a virgin and laid in a manager, Jesus's birth has been celebrated by Christians for centuries.

Given that we know that Jesus was called 'Yeshu' or 'Yeshua', the obvious question is why we now call him 'Jesus'. The answer has to do with the practice of 'transliteration'.

Willis Barnstone’s translation of the New Testament aims to restore its JewishnessThe opening of the Gospel of Mark tells that, in preparation for the coming of God’s messenger, “John did ...

Was Jesus in fact a common name back when he was alive? Many people shared the name. Christ’s given name, commonly Romanized as Yeshua , was quite common in first-century Galilee.

Yeshua is now gently rebuking us Gentiles with the same challenge he made to the Jewish disciples on the road to Emmaus: “How ...

Jesus, or Rabbi Yeshua, is considered by the Messianic Jews of Emmanuel to be the true Messiah prophesied about by Old Testament prophets. Rather than become Christian converts, ...

The Jesus of “Last Days in the Desert” is a wandering ascetic, not unlike the Essenes or some of John’s disciples, seeking God in solitude and self-denial, but its promise goes unfulfilled.

His name had a second coming. Scientists say that the name of Christianity’s central figure wasn’t originally Jesus Christ — he went by another title in his mother tongue that&#82… ...