IN the year 1866 the Duc de Luynes organised an expedition for investigating the physical geography and geology of the Holy Land and part of the surrounding territories. Narratives of some ...

according to Josephus and other Jewish writers of the time, were angered at the corrupt management of the Temple, an anger felt later by one Jesus of Nazareth: “My house shall be called the ...

Now, researchers digging in the Holy Land are sifting ... that boat afloat tells me a lot about the economics of the Sea of Galilee and the fishing at the time of Jesus.” Throngs of pilgrims ...