We are in the homestretch of Lent, going into the final week, also called Holy Week by many Christians. April 13 this year is Palm Sunday, and April 20 Easter; the historic method of setting Easter ...

Women’s preaching is controversial in some Christian denominations – but key to the biblical story of Jesus’ resurrection.

Jesus isn’t only someone whose birth is widely celebrated but, few would dispute, the most-discussed person of the past 2,000 years. Yet what do we really know about him? Widespread debate and doubt ...

ALAMOSA - Internationally known biblical scholar Alexander Shaia espouses a defense of the four Christian Gospels that is both traditional and revolutionary, and which many American religious leaders ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a SpokaneFāVS series on how sacred texts are used in various religious traditions. Catholics believe that the Bible isn’t just one book but a collection of unique books.

On March 13, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., announced that their Dead Sea Scroll fragments, one of their most prominent exhibits, were forgeries. On March 27, Steve Green, the chairman ...

I’ve been a fan of Bart Ehrman’s work for a while now. He’s a New Testament scholar who has an uncanny ability to make the consensus of biblical scholars understandable and interesting. He has five ...

Professor Reza Aslan, who holds a master’s in theological studies and a Ph.D. in sociology focusing on religion, has bad news for biblical literalists: The Gospels are “replete with historical errors ...

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to convey a ...

Elaine Pagels, a prominent Biblical scholar, spoke to a crowd of more than 150 people in MU's Reynold's Alumni Center on Thursday night. She discussed her latest book, "Reading Judas: The Gospel of ...