By far the mightiest force at the time shaping life in Galilee was the Roman Empire, which had subjugated Palestine some 60 years before Jesus’ birth. Almost all Jews chafed under Rome’s ...

In January, a Los Angeles Times article announced that Martin Scorsese would make a film of Endō Shūsaku’s A Life of Jesus. The columnist Glenn Whipp reported how Scorsese said that he had ...

A short life and brutal death was enough to ensure that Jesus’ message of hope and everlasting life would spread across Judaea, across the Empire and ultimately, across the world. One of the ...