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Six grader Alon Horowitz finds a rare 'Nicolo' stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during a community excavation at Korazim National Park, in a discovery announced on June 1, 2026. (Korazim excavation team/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 1, 2026, 6:00 am
12-year-old finds ancient gemstone in Galilean Jewish village cursed by Jesus
Sixth-grader Alon Horowitz finds rare ‘Nicolo’ stone, likely dating back at least 1,500 years, during community excavation at Korazim National Park
By Rossella Tercatin
A wildfire burned through the archaeological site of el-Araj in the Galilee, which some identify as the New Testament town of Bethsaida, in July 2025, exposing several Roman structures. (Courtesy El Araj Excavation Project)
August 30, 2025, 9:16 am
Ruins revealed by wildfire boost Galilean site’s claim as New Testament’s Bethsaida
3-day blaze clears vegetation concealing parts of el-Araj on northern shore of Sea of Galilee, adding kindling to theory that location was hometown of St. Peter visited by Jesus
By Rossella Tercatin
Archaeologists excavating at Megiddo in northern Israel in 2022. (Courtesy: The Megiddo Expedition)
March 30, 2025, 9:10 am
Archaeologists find first evidence of epic biblical battle at ‘Armageddon’
Pottery excavated at Megiddo in northern Israel suggests a military presence, possibly confirms the battle between King Josiah and Pharaoh Necho, and hints at Gog and Magog narrative
By Rossella Tercatin
Israeli actors Noa Cohen (right) as Mary and Ido Tako (left) as Joseph in Netflix's new biblical epic 'Mary.' (Christopher Raphael/Netflix)
November 16, 2024, 12:42 pm
Boycott calls over Israeli cast as Mary in Netflix’s Jesus mom epic
Claiming mother of Jesus was Palestinian, social media users say it’s offensive to cast Israeli actress as titular character in movie amid war in Gaza; Anthony Hopkins also stars
By Michael Horovitz
The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Raphael, c.1515-16 (Public domain)
October 30, 2024, 12:19 pm
Scientists offer explanation for Jesus’ ‘miraculous catch of fish’
Analysis of rare mass fish mortality events in Sea of Galilee reveals that strong winds cause lower, oxygen-poor water levels to rise, suffocating fish and bringing them to surface
By Sue Surkes
Israeli actors Noa Cohen (right) as Mary and Ido Tako (left) as Joseph in Netflix's new biblical epic 'Mary.' (Christopher Raphael/Netflix)
October 16, 2024, 10:44 am
Israelis star in Netflix bible epic ‘Mary,’ also with Anthony Hopkins
Movie features Noa Cohen, 21, in the titular role as the mother of Jesus; director says Israeli cast was important for ‘authenticity’
By ToI Staff
New York Mets' Mark Vientos reacts after hitting a two-run walkoff home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, September 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
September 15, 2024, 4:12 pm
New York Mets player stumps fans with botched Hebrew tattoo
Mark Vientos’s shirtless celebration reveals ink that seemingly refers to New Testament verse
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Jesus raising clay birds to life. From the Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, a 14th century German translation of apocrypha, including the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. (public domain)
June 25, 2024, 5:51 am
1,600-year-old papyrus fragment contains earliest account of Jesus’ childhood
Scrap from extra-biblical Infancy Gospel of Thomas discovered in German archive contains story of young Jesus bringing clay birds to life on the Sabbath
By Gavriel Fiske
Mikhl Yashinsky (L) and Joshua Horowitz (R) in 'The Gospel According to Chaim,' at the New Yiddish Repertory Theater in New York, December 2023. (Credit: Qixin Zhang)
December 28, 2023, 10:47 pm
NYC gets first original American Yiddish drama in 70 years
New Yiddish Rep stages ‘The Gospel According to Chaim,’ which recounts a Galician Jew’s efforts to shop around the Yiddish word of Christ
By ToI Staff
A copy of the New Testament in Yiddish at the New York Public Library. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 9, 2022, 5:12 am
Seeking converts, Christian missionaries pitch Yiddish Bibles to NY ultra-Orthodox
Missionary group is revamping New Testament in Yiddish for the first time in 80 years, part of a broader outreach effort aimed at the most insular Jewish communities in the US
By Luke Tress
'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
Gerard van Honthorst, 'Adoration of the Shepherds,' 1622. 'The Bible With and Without Jesus' looks at verses that can be interpreted to predict Jesus's birth. (Public domain)
December 25, 2020, 4:32 pm
The Bible without Jesus? How two faiths can read the same text in dissonant ways
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler parse opposing interpretations Jews and Christians have of the same Bible, and make the argument that religion doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game
By Rich Tenorio
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
Illustrative: A Christmas star is seen in front of the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on December 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
December 17, 2020, 11:41 pm
Could a pre-Christmas celestial union mark the return of the Star of Bethlehem?
Timing of upcoming planetary conjunction prompts speculation of ties to biblical tale; but it’s likely the story was intended to convey theological rather than astronomical truths
By Eric M. Vanden
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)
December 16, 2020, 10:57 am
Jesus may not have been born in Bethlehem. Here’s why
Gospels conflict on location of his birth; belief may have caught on because the Christian messiah is supposed to be descended from King David, as Jesus was, and born in the city
By Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III
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