When Rice University religion professor Matthias Henze visits local Houston-area churches and synagogues to promote interfaith understanding between Christianity and Judaism, he focuses on discussing ...

Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, believed by Christians to be the messiah, the son of God and the second person in the Trinity. For some Jews, the name alone is nearly synonymous with ...

Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

This discussion has aired some really interesting differences of opinion. As Larry has a delightfully direct way of expressing disagreements, most of my remarks will be directed to him. I think we all ...

The Shabbat morning service at Congregation Sha’arei Shalom in this suburb of Raleigh has a familiar feel to anyone who grew up in a mainstream American synagogue. Sixty adults and a handful of ...

The Hebrew name יהושע yehoshuaʿ,* was pronounced yeshu in Galilee; becoming Iesus or Jesus in Greek-Latin. The form Yeshu was probably common among the Jews at that time, but was discontinued ...

For most people, the name Jesus feels settled, familiar, and deeply tied to memory. And over time, repeated use makes a name ...

For 2 000 years Jews have rejected the Christian idea of Jesus as messiah. Why? In the wake of Mel Gibson’s phenomenally successful film and the production company’s ambitious plans to market the film ...