The most magical and mystical parts of the Christmas story reinforce the unique and elevated status of Jesus of Nazareth. When we read about the angels, the magi, the virgin birth, etc., we understand ...

NAZARETH, Israel - We climbed the narrow streets of Jesus' boyhood home in Nazareth and looked out from a steep ridge. Did he really walk here? A broad valley winds northeast toward the Sea of Galilee ...

Nazareth was a very small town when Jesus was born. When my wife and I visited there in 2014, our tour guide told us that it was scarcely as large as the parking lot of the Church of the Annunciation ...

The town of Nazareth in modern-day Israel is steeped in mystique, as it is thought to be the place where Jesus was raised. And now, a new study has uncovered more of its secrets, finding that the ...

Editor’s note • The Salt Lake Tribune’s senior religion writer, Peggy Fletcher Stack, is on assignment in the Middle East. Besides her deeper reporting, she is sharing shorter daily dispatches. This ...

"You're not going to find an inscription saying this is the house of Jesus," Ken Dark admits, but the professor of archaeology and history at England's Reading University believes there's a strong ...

In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is well into his ministry before he visits his hometown of Nazareth. We note in 1:24 that the unclean spirit he encounters in the synagogue in Capernaum shrieks at him “Jesus ...

A U.K. archaeologist is shedding new light on a fascinating ancient site beneath a convent in Nazareth. In his new book, “The Sisters of Nazareth Convent,” Ken Dark, a professor at the University of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The house where Jesus supposedly grew up is back in the news, as archaeologist Ken Dark's new ...