A new Netflix biopic has resurfaced arguments over whether Jesus, a Jewish man, was Palestinian. Was he? Or are these claims cultural and political appropriation? A historian of religion explains.
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H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
A new documentary looks at the enduring conflict, examining its origins and the impact on people’s lives on both sides.
Recent archaeological studies suggest that early Christians were identifying important sites as little as a century after the last of the gospels.
Behind today’s mythical Santa Claus from the North Pole, is a real saint – St. Nicholas. How he came to be today’s gift-giving jolly figure from the North Pole is a fascinating story by itself.
Forget the idea that it was round one in the battle between Christianity and Islam.
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Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing, Swansea University
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Lecturer Politics and International Relations, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Archaeology and History, University of Reading
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Dean’s Professor of Religion & Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland