The method of Philip Saville's The Gospel of John defies ordinary film criticism and indeed ordinary movie viewing. Dialogue and narration have been taken, verbatim and without omission or ...

Ecce Homo ("Behold the Man"), Antonio Ciseri's depiction of Pilate presenting a scourged Jesus to the people of Jerusalem. (Wikimedia) Over the weekend, I saw a number of comments from Jewish Twitter ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

Christian students at Western Kentucky University (WKU) shared their faith in an unconventional way during the final week before their spring break. Around 70 students huddled over the campus sidewalk ...

As I was thinking about what to write for this contribution to the Register, I realized that I did not finish my series on appreciating the Gospels and it’s high time that I get back to it, especially ...

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In the beginning was the spoken word—the Bible we’ve inherited derives in large part from a mix of oral transmission and oral tradition. So it should hardly be surprising to find that its text can ...