She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing ...

From a cheeky slingshot to Paul's letters and information on King Nebuchadnezzar, new research is offering insight into some of the Bible's best-known stories.

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Bruce Gordon shows how believers in every era have experienced their sacred book through all the human senses. In one of his many insightful essays, the late missiologist Andrew Walls asked whether ...

Historical science came into its maturity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This does not mean that all the problems of a scientific historiography were settled, but at least the historians ...

Archaeologists continue uncovering ancient cities, inscriptions and artifacts connected to stories found in the Bible. Some ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought. By Clay Risen Gabriel Barkay, a leading figure in ...

Pew Research reveals a paradox: while interest in Christianity may be rising, only 22% of Americans read the Bible weekly and 61% rarely or never read it, often stumped by its unfamiliar genealogies ...

In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a true crossroads of civilizations The city gate of Ariassos, one of several ancient ...