Therefore some scholars have proposed that Matthew presents Jesus as ... a holistic and systematic perspective on Jesus, giving an account of his miracles and teachings while placing them in ...

Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead ignited belief, stirred opposition and set the stage for his triumphant entry into ...

Throughout human history, people across cultures have sought to flee oppression and escape persecution. A recurring theme in ...

They included stories of Jesus' miracles and healings ... affected by the failure of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome. Matthew wrote for a Jewish community in conflict with the Pharisaic ...

One could read “Miracles and Wonder” without ever ... lineage back to Abraham and Adam weren’t enough. For Matthew and Luke, “Jesus’s seeming ‘irregular’ birth was actually a miracle ...

Elaine Pagels remains fascinated by the mysteries of Jesus after decades of study. In her latest book, she revels in the ...

But a faith poor in miracles is an untested faith ... yet only two of the four canonical Gospels refer to it: Matthew and Luke. Mark doesn’t mention Jesus’s birth and says little about ...

We are able to read about his birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke ... The Bible records at least 37 miracles of Jesus; from curing a man with leprosy, to walking on water, to feeding 5000 ...

who sliced away the supernatural elements from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to create “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.” But if Pagels is now more tolerant of the healings and nature miracles ...

How should we understand miracles? Many people in the near and distant ... yet only two of the four canonical Gospels refer to it: Matthew and Luke. Mark doesn’t mention Jesus’s birth and says little ...

Being born again at that moment, Pagels writes in her remarkable "Miracles ... word. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were names added afterward, to lend credibility, derived from men in Jesus ...