The attempt to project contemporary politics or our own aspirations onto such a sacred figure is always problematic.

Who is responsible for the birth of Christianity? As with any major phenomenon, the answer is complex. Christianity developed ...

So in Paul's view it is the messianic identity of Jesus that is an important new element in this very traditional Jewish message and now there's one other element. He's taking it to a non-Jewish ...

In this context Jesus announced that the kingdom of God was at hand ... Here some of the specifics are as follows: There are Christians who view a mission to the Jews as having a very special salvific ...

Many assume that Jesus came to abolish Jewish religious practices, but the Gospels tell a different story. The New Testament is filled with references to Jesus and his family and disciples ...

And, it's apparent, at least from the time of the Emperor Nero, that outsiders also view them as distinct ... of one group of Jews who followed the Messiah, Jesus, from other Jews, and there ...

Attorneys say a defamation lawsuit filed by an aspiring rabbi claiming a social media post with his image falsely identified ...

Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, and the forthcoming Jesus for Everyone ...