Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin – ...

The traditional Nativity scene depicts three wise men visiting Jesus just after His birth. How well does this match the ...

Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany in the Catholic tradition, is a holiday that commemorates the day the three wise men — Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar — arrived with gifts ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...

When it comes to weirdness, Jesus Christ has nothing on his old man. While Yahweh was looking for excuses to drunkenly wrestle Moses, Jesus was usually preaching about love, tolerance and forgiveness.

You have a new book coming out soon, “Love Thy Stranger,” arguing that Jesus taught a revolutionary message that transformed ...

Gerald West does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Did Christmas came from Saturnalia? Some say yes while others claim that it emerged organically. And what about Jesus' real ...

The Biblical epic keeps reappearing as if it’s always on the cusp of a resurrection. At the beginning of the last decade, we saw big movie star vehicles based on Old Testament tales in Noah and Exodus ...