Four Gospels tell the story of the crucifixion, and they do not tell it the same way. Matthew emphasizes the...

Let us be clear from the first sentence: Cleopatra is not a biblical figure. She is not named in the...

Israel was a small nation in a crowded neighborhood. To the south lay Egypt, ancient and wealthy. To the north...

When the Persian king Cyrus issued his decree in 538 BC, he did something no conqueror in history had ever...

Babylon is the only empire in the Bible that is both a place and a symbol. It was a real...

In the winter of 701 BC, the most feared army on earth marched on Jerusalem. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, had...

The Circus Maximus was not a circus. It was a racetrack — the largest stadium in the ancient world, a...

Paul did not walk into Rome alone. He arrived as a prisoner, worn down by shipwreck, a winter stranded on...

Constantine the Great never appears in the Bible. That single fact should shape everything Christians say about him. He was...

Open a map of the New Testament world and the names start to pile up: Judea, Galilee, Samaria, Syria, Cilicia,...