Opinion: Jewish historian Flavius Josephus is the only independent source to attest to the existence and fate of Jesus, John the Baptist and James. I am frequently asked about independent evidence of ...

One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the Pharisaic ...

A preacher from Galilee, with no army, no political office, and no printing press, stood before a handful of followers in the ...

One of the earliest known depictions of Jesus Christ. Dated to the 4th century, it was found in a cemetery in an imperial villa that belonged to Constantine. Christians now observing Holy Week - the ...

Prof Solomon Zeitlin, profession of ancient history at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, left Paris for Russia to day at the request of European scholars, to clear up the mystery of the Slavonic version ...

Okay, neither Josephus nor the author of his biography, A Jew Among Romans, was/is a painter, poet, or critic like the Pre-Raphaelites of the 19th century. So I’ve cheated a little in giving this ...