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Understanding Revelations in the Bible
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in March 2013. It has been updated.—Ed. Discovering gospel meaning or understanding revelations in the Bible has baffled readers for...
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What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in December 2011. It has been updated.—Ed. What did Jesus look like? This popular cover of the November/December 2010 issue of BAR juxtaposes...
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Ancient Phoenix: The Harbor That Might Have Been
The west harbor at Phoenix. Photo: Mark Wilson.Mother’s Day found me in the Tsiknakis country bakery on the island of Crete. I was eating a muffin and drinking a cappuccino while sending good wishes to...
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Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute?
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in October 2011. It has been updated.—Ed. Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? Was Mary Magdalene wife of Jesus? Her being a repentant whore was...
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Tradition or History? BAS Travelers Encounter Both on Rhodes
The so-called St. Paul’s Bay by the ancient town of Lindos on Rhodes. According to tradition, Paul’s ship sought shelter here during a storm. Photo: Mark Wilson.“Tradition, tradition! Tradition!” Tevye...
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When Did Christianity Begin to Spread?
This Bible History Daily article was originally published in October 2011. It has been updated.—Ed. When did Christianity begin to spread? The cross-shaped marble baptistery is one of the new...
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Uncovering the Jewish Context of the New Testament
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in March 2012. It has been updated.—Ed. As Jewish New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine can attest, the New Testament can often seem strange...
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Witnessing the Divine
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in December 2012. It has been updated.—Ed. Joseph, Mary and the three magi gaze at the newborn babe in Italian artist Andrea Mantegna’s...
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The Jewish-Christian Schism
This post was originally published on Professor Schiffman’s website as the fourth part of a series of articles on schisms in Jewish history. Bible History Daily republished this article with the...
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The Starbucks Guide to Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology
Author Mark Wilson’s collection of Starbucks mugs featuring archaeological sites. Photo: Mark Wilson.Participants on my tours buy a variety of souvenirs—olive-wood crèches in Bethlehem, ceramics in...
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The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians
This is the second of two posts written by Dr. Douglas Boin on new archaeological and historical research in the study of early Christianity, drawn from his newly published book Coming Out Christian in...
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Site-Seeing: Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps
For almost 2,000 years, Christians have been following in the footsteps of saints, both figuratively and literally. Pilgrimages that were popular in the Middle Ages, such as those to Jerusalem, Rome,...
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Paul and the Slave Girl in Philippi
Paul and the Slave Girl. This oil painting shows the apostle Paul casting the “spirit of python” from the slave girl, whom he encounters in Philippi. Based on the episode from Acts 16 in the Bible, the...
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Who Was Phoebe?
A modern depiction of St. Phoebe, a leader in the early Christian movement who was one of Paul’s most trusted patrons and emissaries. In his letter to the Romans, Paul refers to Phoebe by the Greek...
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Where Is Biblical Colossae?
Where is Biblical Colossae? The unexcavated site of Colossae sits near the modern city of Honaz at the base of Mt. Cadmus (in modern Turkey). It is located near the sites of Laodicea and Hierapolis,...
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The Apostle Paul in Arabia
The New Testament recounts many episodes from the apostle Paul’s life. Yet it provides scant details about his visit to Arabia. In his letter to the Galatians, while describing his conversion to...
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Early Christian Symbol of Jesus Discovered
Gold ring and gem bearing a depiction of the Good Shepherd Credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently announced an incredible find—the discovery...
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What Does 1 Corinthians 15 Mean?
Second Coming. This icon from Greece (c. 1700) depicts the Second Coming of Jesus and the bodily resurrection of believers. First Corinthians 15, the earliest passage on resurrection in the New...
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Writing the Good News
In this ninth-century plaque, St. John the Evangelist displays the opening text of his gospel. The inscription at the top reads, “The word of John soars to heaven like an eagle.”Credit: The Cloisters...
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Mary, Isis, and the Goddesses of the Via Egnatia
Remains of the Via Egnatia at Neapolis (modern Kavala) near Philippi. By Philipp Pilhofer – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Via Egnatia, which ran from Constantinople in the east to...
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