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An open lecture by Professor Darrell Bock on: "Between Jesus and the Gospels: Eyewitnesses, Memory and Orality".

2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Week One, Days 2-5: The Tools of Our Trade. The tools we use in archaeology are selective and important, determined after years of experience re practicality and versatility. As well as high-tech (GPS, electro magnetometery, drones) we use a variety of

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A scientist has discovered a new chapter of the Bible.

The English translation “Son of Man” doesn’t seem adequate because it emphasizes - in contrast to the original Greek and Hebrew - Jesus’ masculinity over his humanity. Moreover, this is the opposite of how Jesus is characterized in rest of Scripture. Paul, for example, stresses Jesus' humanity more than his maleness: “the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one human (anthropos) Jesus Christ abounded for many" (Rm 5:15). If Paul had instead wanted to stress Jesus' masculinity, he could have used the Greek word aner, which means man, but he did not. Unfor...

On the Christmas episode of “Preach,” Barbara Reid, O.P, joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to reflect on how she maintains Christmas joy in her preaching without shying away from the grim realities of the world.