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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Jesus

Martin Scorsese arrives arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, March 10, 2024. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
July 11, 2024, 3:02 pm
Scorsese series casts 5 Israeli actors as Jesus, other Christian saints
Performers also land roles of Mary Magdalene, King Herod in acclaimed director’s upcoming eight-part, Christian history-themed TV docudrama, which has begun filming in Morocco
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A partial solar eclipse is seen behind a cross on the steeple of the St. George church, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
April 5, 2024, 6:10 pm
For some Christians, upcoming solar eclipse heralds the second coming of Christ
Total solar eclipse on April 8 that will be visible in North America sparks speculation among some US Evangelical Christians that it could be a portent of the End of Days
By Eric Vanden Eykel
Religious icons left by prior visitors are seen inside a 2,000-year-old Second Temple-Period burial cave designated the Salome Cave that was recently uncovered in the Lachish Forest in Israel, December 20, 2022. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
December 20, 2022, 2:10 pm
Burial cave dedicated to Jesus midwife Salome reveals treasures; will open to public
Dozens of intricately carved oil lamps found outside a 2,000-year-old central Israel tomb, which is being developed as part of a massive 100-kilometer Judean Kings Trail
By Melanie Lidman
A possible lost masterpiece experts say may be by the Italian Renaissance painter Caravaggio. (Image via auction house Casa Ansorena de Madrid)
April 10, 2021, 8:10 am
Spain blocks sale of possible Caravaggio painting of Jesus
Spanish authorities say 17th-century Biblical oil work showing Jesus before crucifixion could be lost masterpiece by the Renaissance artist
By Alvaro Villalobos and Gaël BRANCHEREAU
'Christ in the House of Martha and Mary,' 1655 by Johannes Vermeer (public domain)
March 19, 2021, 8:00 am
Podcast: Busting myths, a scholar explores how women influenced Jesus’ teachings
In a new book, Prof. James McGrath wonders ‘What Jesus Learned from Women’ — and the answers may surprise you
By ToI Staff
A slide from a homework assignment that blames Jews for Jesus' death. (Joanne Bell via Topmarks/Twitter/JTA))
March 5, 2021, 6:23 pm
UK school apologizes after homework assignment blames Jews for killing Jesus
Mother horrified to discover her 7-year-old given slides that said Pontius Pilate bowed to the will of the Jewish masses who wanted Jesus to die
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Second Temple-era ritual bath that was discovered during construction work on a modern tunnel under the 1920 Catholic Church of All Nations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 21, 2020, 10:31 pm
Ancient ritual bath may mark first New Testament-era find at Jesus’ Gethsemane
Olive grove where Jesus spent a night of agony, accepted his betrayal, and was arrested ahead of his crucifixion has until now had no physical link to Second Temple era
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Circa 400 CE Byzantine church excavated at Banias Nature Reserve. (Yaniv Cohen)
October 28, 2020, 12:16 pm
Ancient church found where Jesus said to tell Peter to establish Christianity
4th-century church, one of earliest in Israel, was built atop temple to Pan at spot in Banias where New Testament says Peter saw Jesus as Messiah, was told to spread his teachings
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
IAA archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre in an underground system of rooms under ancient Nazareth. (Screenshot)
July 22, 2020, 11:48 am
LISTEN: What do we know about Nazareth in Jesus’ time? An archaeologist explains
From tax evasion to hidey-holes, IAA excavation director Yardenna Alexandre discusses Jewish life in the small village where Jesus grew up
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jesus Christ supporting an English flag and staff in the crook of his right arm depicted in a stained glass window in Rochester Cathedral, Kent. (Wikimedia commons/CC BY-SA 3.0/Dlloyd)
June 26, 2020, 7:00 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury calls to reassess depictions of Jesus as white
‘You see Jesus portrayed in as many ways as there are languages, cultures and understandings,’ says Justin Welby amid criticism of portrayals of Levantine Jesus as European
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Evangelical Christians from various countries wave flags as they march to show their support for Israel in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
May 18, 2020, 10:24 am
Trouble in paradise: ‘GOD TV’ spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals
Jewish state has long welcomed Christians’ political and financial support, but most Jews view any effort to convert them as deeply offensive
By Joseph Krauss
Shelanu Television, part of the GOD-TV international Christian media network, was launched on April 29, 2020 on HOT cable in Israel. (Screen Capture)
May 5, 2020, 8:55 pm
Messianic network GOD-TV launches Hebrew channel in Israel, sparking outrage
Communications minister calls to investigate ‘oversight’ that granted channel 7-year license, vows not to allow missionary work on air
By JTA and ToI Staff
A Catholic pilgrim carries a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 19, 2019. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
April 11, 2020, 8:48 am
The Last Supper, Cave of Agony & Via Dolorosa: An Easter guide to the Holy City
Before the virus struck, pilgrims would follow in Jesus’ footsteps from the site of his Passover celebration at the Cenacle to his tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
View of the Sea of Galilee as it seen from the beach promenade in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, on January 30, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 10, 2020, 10:15 pm
As Sea of Galilee fills to bursting, Israelis’ joy overflows
At perennially parched freshwater lake where Jesus walked on water, weeks of major rainfall could see nearby dam opened to send water into Jordan River for first time since 2013
By Nathan Jeffay
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a campaign rally in Battle Creak, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
December 19, 2019, 4:23 am
US congressman: Trump treated worse than Jesus before crucifixion
Barry Loudermilk says president not given opportunity to face his accusers; Democrats note he was offered opportunity to testify and declined
By AFP
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