The reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1174-85) has traditionally been seen as a period of decline when, because of the king's illness, power came to be held by those who made the wrong policy ...

Now why did he leave Galilee and head for Jerusalem? Jesus apparently at some point makes the decision to leave his home territory and move to Jerusalem. Precisely why he did that is not clear.

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...

Nearly 20 years after its original release, folks are still talking about Kingdom of Heaven. Directed by Ridley Scott of Alien and Gladiator fame, the film portrays a heavily fictionalized and ...

Lordship and kingship, of course, are problematic terms. To be lord is to be master, which is to be superior in respect to ...

The Infancy Gospel ends when Jesus, at the age of twelve, accompanies his parents to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the ...

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to ...

“One who did not see Jerusalem in its glory,” says the Talmud, “never saw a truly beautiful city.” The glory of Jerusalem was undoubtedly at its height during Sukkot, when thousands of ...

On the Sunday before Pascha, the Holy Church celebrates the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the ...

However, as we see Jesus enter Jerusalem he is revealing his identity as Messiah. This is because he knows he has come to the end of his ministry. He makes a grand entrance into the city on a ...

“October 7 brought a shock to the Jewish world,” says Almog, as Jews around the word respond with renewed commitment to Israel through Aliyah and solidarity. Information ...