By far the mightiest force at the time shaping life in Galilee was the Roman Empire, which had subjugated Palestine some 60 years before Jesus’ birth. Almost all Jews chafed under Rome’s ...

By talking about the Kingdom of God, but by focusing it on the Roman Empire, what Jesus was focusing on was the systemic injustice, which are really the normal ways that life is run. The Roman ...

Themes: Acceptance; compassion; caring for all; the life of Jesus. Summary: The source for this well-known Bible story is three of the gospels: Matthew 8: 1 - 4, Mark 1: 40 - 45, and Luke 5: 12 - 15.

Martin Scorsese plans to make a film about the life of Jesus Christ, focusing on his teachings and presenting him as a compassionate figure. The script for the film, co-written by Scorsese and ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

One of the more popular explanations for everything these days, like a masterpiece pencil portrait that resembles a ...

A Good side, and Downsides Kenneth Cukier, a journalist, author and expert with the US-based nonprofit group called "AI and ...